tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post7881123291258888614..comments2024-03-05T17:55:58.806+00:00Comments on Nanny Knows Best: Which Country In The World Has The Least Nanny State?Ken Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-11227787909460464122014-04-03T19:03:29.063+01:002014-04-03T19:03:29.063+01:00Bulgaria is a bit like Greece: the government are ...Bulgaria is a bit like Greece: the government are so busy climbing into bed with the Mafia and lining their pockets they haven't got time to worry about nannying anybody. One sees a policeman from time to time doing something vague with traffic. Amazingly enough most people seem to get on with their lives without all that interference that happens in the UK: I don't think teenage pregnancies and/or hard drug abuse is any higher per capita than in the UK; crime is about the same.<br /><br />Richmond.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-34253726009409737842014-04-03T16:45:09.968+01:002014-04-03T16:45:09.968+01:00Depends what you mean by 'nannying'.
If ...Depends what you mean by 'nannying'. <br /><br />If you mean the state trying to control your personal lifestyle via legislation and enforcement, then I would put Greece pretty high up the list of non-nannying. Bureaucracy is positively Byzantine, but there is no appetite in government for regulating lifestyle choices. The laws are on the statute books because of international / EU pressure, but enforcement is unenthusiastic. <br /><br />So I still ride my motorbike helmetless, as do most Greeks. I never wear a seatbelt, like most Greeks don't. Nearly all the bars and restaurants I go to provide me with an ashtray. There's nothing here that impacts on my personal lifestyle. Nobody tries to tell anyone how many units of alcohol (which is still cheap - my 10 litre box of very drinkable Merlot costs me €20) they should limit themselves to; they throw salt on food with wild abandon and there's been no mention of the perils of sugar anywhere. No 'five-a-day' headlines either. <br /><br />No "Think of the cheeeldren" guilt trips being foisted on people, no paedo hysteria, no talk of 'obesity epidemics'.<br /><br />And very little crime. If you let people get on with their lives without constant hectoring, then that's what they do - get on with life, despite the economic hardships of the past few years.<br /><br />Yes, I would count Greece among the least nannying states.nisakimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563041282703559939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-53508667522517023342014-04-03T15:23:01.918+01:002014-04-03T15:23:01.918+01:00Definitely not Canada, that's for sure.Definitely not Canada, that's for sure.Expat in Canadanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-51066414060669016522014-04-03T13:54:06.609+01:002014-04-03T13:54:06.609+01:00Hong Kong used to have the closest to a free marke...Hong Kong used to have the closest to a free market economy. Not sure what it's like these days.Buckohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169970711606515445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-17024446780119135072014-04-03T13:47:15.769+01:002014-04-03T13:47:15.769+01:00Somalia I reckon.Somalia I reckon.Dr Evilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00176521760477086914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-10981939472139007912014-04-03T11:13:49.977+01:002014-04-03T11:13:49.977+01:00Hongkong - according to "Eat the Rich" -...Hongkong - according to "Eat the Rich" - PJ O'Rorke,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com