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13:18:26 on Mon, 21 Nov 2005, d remarked:
Why on earth is this a "nanny" law? Do you even know what that means?

It means any law that requires you to do something you don't want to do,
and also any law that requires you not to do something you want to do.

So every law is a nanny law, simply put

It becomes a "nanny" law, when many of the people upon whom it impinges
cannot understand why. But "nanny knows best".

That distinguishes it from those laws where almost everyone can see why
they exist.
--
Roland Perry