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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 9705352" data-attributes="member: 19675">OK, so you don’t mean what you said literally, but metaphorically. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="👍🏽" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f44d-1f3fd.png" title="Thumbs up: medium skin tone    :thumbsup_tone3:" data-shortname=":thumbsup_tone3:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" />Here’s the thing, though: nearly every safety law, public health measure, OSHA regulation, professional conduct standard, or licensing requirement gets some kind of pushback.  Some frame it as an insult to their intellect and autonomy (where none was meant), or a government overreach.  Some merely ignore them and do as they please.*On occasion, the pushback wins, and regs get redrafted or withdrawn.  Some get so much flak they never get passed.But we DON’T make a practice of refusing to create rules to regulate behaviors simply because the regulations may be unpopular or may hurt feelings.  That would render governments superfluous.* despite never owning a true sports car, I have a long history of repeated speeding (except in school zones) and only having gotten 2 tickets, so I’m not claiming innocence here.</blockquote>