NANNY STATE, NORWAY

The nanny state in Europe strikes again. A Norwegian court has ruled in favor of a 22 year old man who claims the state should buy him a car. He needs a car because he claims if he rode the public transit system, he'll be picked on because he's short.

Picked on. Because he's short. Let that sink in a bit.

He IS short, only about 4' 2" because of radiation treatments he had as an infant to save his life, but he wants a specially modified car, bought and paid for by the state, because he's afraid he'll be picked on? And the courts agreed? Suck it up and be a man, you loser!!

This is the nanny state run amok. The government is no longer around just to protect a free society, it's here to make us feel better. I wrote about the European wet-nurses a few posts ago and I thought that was bad.

This is where the United States is headed with our indefinite unemployment benefits, hate crime laws, affirmative action, banning of God in public life, anti-smoking, seat belt laws, helmet laws, the Great Society, etc.