Nanny State

Oct 24, 2007

Aurora (CO) Public Library | Central Library

David Harsanyi talked about his book Nanny State: How Food Fascists, Teetotaling Do-Gooders, Priggish Moralists, and Other Boneheaded Bureaucrats Are Turning America into a Nation of Children, published by Broadway. The author argues that our personal freedoms are being attacked by a group of "do-gooders" that he contends wish to have the .. Read More
David Harsanyi talked about his book Nanny State: How Food Fascists, Teetotaling Do-Gooders, Priggish Moralists, and Other Boneheaded Bureaucrats Are Turning America into a Nation of Children, published by Broadway. The author argues that our personal freedoms are being attacked by a group of "do-gooders" that he contends wish to have the government regulate how we live and what we eat, watch, and read. The author points to the ban on cooking with trans-fats in New York City and the smoking bans throughout the country as examples of the "nanny state." He argues that government intervention in its citizens' private lives denies us freedom of choice and promotes a culture of dependence. Mr. Harsanyi responded to questions from members of the audience. This was an event of the area "The Big Read" of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451.

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00:00:06 none AND HIS NEW BOOK "NANNY STATE" POST COLUMNIST DAVID HARSANYI ARGUES THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IS TOO INVOLVED...
00:00:28 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT "NANNY STATE" IN QUESTIONS AND THE BEST QUESTION I HAVE GOT ABOUT THE BOOK...
00:20:54 Unidentified Speaker I JUST AM CURIOUS ABOUT YOUR VIEWS I THINK THERE HAS BEEN SOME DISTORTIONS MADE OF OUR CONSTITUTION...
00:21:27 Unidentified Speaker I DIDN'T WRITE ABOUT THAT. THAT'S A REALLY HUGE ISSUE THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN FIGHTING OVER A KARMA...
00:22:46 Unidentified Speaker IN THE INSTANCES WHERE SCHOOLS HAVE INTRODUCED JUST CODE RESULTS SEEM TO SHOW STUDENTS PERFORM BETTER...
00:23:00 Unidentified Speaker I'M IN FAVOR OF SCHOOL CHOICE. AND THEN I'M IN FAVOR OF PARENT CURRENT TOGETHER WITH TEACHERS AND...
00:24:56 Unidentified Speaker WE ARE EIGHT LITIGIOUS SOCIETY AND I WAS WONDERING IF WE HAD TORT REFORM IF THIS WOULD HELP PROTECT...
00:25:13 Unidentified Speaker I DO BELIEVE IN TORT REFORM BUT IN MY UTOPIA WHICH WE ARE VERY FAR AWAY FROM IT IS AN IMPORTANT FUNCTION...
00:26:44 Unidentified Speaker HOW DID YOU, WITH THE NAME AND DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER NAME IN MIND?
00:26:50 Unidentified Speaker UM IT'S AN OLD SAYING THAT WAS USED IN INLAND FIRST IN THE NANNY STATE. IT CONJURES UP MARY PAPEN'S...
00:28:14 Unidentified Speaker AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL PRESENTATION YOU MADE FOR US THIS EVENING AND I WOULD...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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