I'm old, and an hour ago I realized I hadn't heard a political phrase in a while...

[HereSince1628]

Of course I don't hear a lot, I haven't had a non-business personal phone call in over a year.

So, when was the last time you heard the phrase "there oughta be a law" in response to a questionably moral business or political practice?

In the 50's sitting around listening to adults carp about things in the newspaper this was a popular response to an outrageous ethical breech. Now the only time I seem to hear such things is when there has been a bunch of people hurt or killed.

Otherwise we seem to shrug our shoulders and say 'that's how business is done'. Getting rid of laws and regulations seems to get much more advocacy.

Seventeen hour days for business interns? There's gotta be a law against that, really.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. I'm old too, and I haven't seen or heard it in many decades.

And boy howdy, do I ever agree with you about business interns.

That was horrible and WRONG.

K&R

[HereSince1628]

2. Ya, decades, maybe 3 or more... n/t

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Oh, absolutely. n/t

[Lars39]

4. That phrase has been in hiding with "conflict of interest".

[HereSince1628]

6. Isn't conflict of interest now called 'benefits of networking'?

[Lars39]

10. Haven't seen that one, but sounds Orwellian enough.

[postatomic]

5. I remember it

I took some heat from my boss after I told a customer to "contact their congress person" years ago when they were complaining about a certain way we HAD to do business. I also remember Leisure Suits, fax machines the size of a car, and a bunch of other stuff that will really date me.

[HereSince1628]

8. I remember when cars wore "visors" on their divided windshields... so yes...old memory.

[99th_Monkey]

7. There was a 1950s cartoon named that too.

https://www.google.com/search?biw=1169&bih=585&noj=1&site=webhp&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=there+ought+to+be+a+law+comic&oq=there+ought+to+be+a+law+comic&gs_l=img.12...0.0.0.270862.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0.ernk_zc%2Cezcr%3D1...0...1..64.img..0.0.0.28rwNnzn_vI

[HereSince1628]

9. Don't remember that series... I do remember the phrase

and, it's not because of neural plaques...I do remember Alley Oop!

[99th_Monkey]

14. I think the cartoon strip popularized that saying

at least in my universe.

[HereSince1628]

16. I wouldn't be too surprised if that's how it came into my reality

[99th_Monkey]

17. or chicken & egg, both/and.

whose to say really.

In late 50's I was in my early teens, and I just remember both
the cartoon and that people used it at opportune times.

[Omaha Steve]

11. I retried as a uniformed civilian for the Omaha Police Dept.

I heard that a lot.

[HereSince1628]

15. I suppose the guys would want a BIG book to throw at em.

I wonder how many need Tommy John surgery from doing too much of that?

[MADem]

12. Cartoon from WAY back in the day....it had a kind of Goofus and Gallant vibe to it....

Do-Bee and Don't - Bee for adults...

[geek tragedy]

13. Because the laws we do have don't get enforced. nt