Then go back and watch the “Story of Stuff” video. Those malthusian theories have been disproved by Simon, Lomborg, and others.

And in reference to the limits, I agree. There are plenty of right wingers who throw around the word “commie” just because they hear it as a talking point on a TV or radio show. But I that there should be limits on things like lawsuits against these companies. In the end, these places are businesses that are there to make money, and if there are lawsuits slapped on them all the time because of one person claiming something happened to them as a result of their product, they will close. Case in point is the whole pillow issue brought up. We “douse our pillows” in neurotoxins to be flame-retardent because someone, sometime had their pillow catch on fire and burn them and then decided to sue the pillow-making company instead of taking responsibility for the fact that they left their candle burning too close to their bed (or whatever the situation is). So they compensate by making the pillows fireproof, but of course chemicals do this best, and now, in an effort to protect people’s pillows from spontaneously combusting, they use these chemicals to make sure the issue doesn’t happen again. So I think it is less an issue, at least for me, of being against regulation, but being for regulation of things that are important. I think the lawsuit industry should be regulated so that we have less frivolous lawsuits and allow these companies to flourish in productive (and even sustainable) ways without fear of being sued, thus causing over-compensation.

And, not saying this sarcastically Jeff, I would really like to see references for any sort of claim that sleeping on mass produced pillows has caused health issues. Unless that statement was facetious.