Comments on: A tale of two nanny states http://athousandcuts.org/2009/04/02/a-tale-of-two-nanny-states/ Read it and bleed. Thu, 01 Apr 2010 08:50:03 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Anon. http://athousandcuts.org/2009/04/02/a-tale-of-two-nanny-states/comment-page-1/#comment-753 Anon. Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:31:50 +0000 http://athousandcuts.org/?p=42#comment-753 CA's ag inspection really was for real. It's because fruit flies didn't exist in the wild in California and do in the neighboring states. Doomed to failure in the long run (I wouldn't be surprised if it's already failed) but I can see why the agriculture people wanted to keep fruit flies out. Same reason Britain is fanatical about animals -- they don't have rabies anywhere on the island. CA’s ag inspection really was for real. It’s because fruit flies didn’t exist in the wild in California and do in the neighboring states.

Doomed to failure in the long run (I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s already failed) but I can see why the agriculture people wanted to keep fruit flies out. Same reason Britain is fanatical about animals — they don’t have rabies anywhere on the island.

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