So her kid accidentally eats some magnets and dies and this makes her a valid source of mockery?
I guess I am seeing the side of HN that people complain about
>> So her kid accidentally eats some magnets and dies and this makes her a valid source of mockery?
> Her kid was given magnets and almost died, that makes it a valid source of mockery
No, but thinking that reveals certain repulsive personality traits.
It also sounds like Rebecca's mom didn't "give" her magnets:
https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2021-10-06/mum-calls-for-new...
> "I said do whatever you need to do, just save my baby, save her. All I did was buy a toy, that is all I did, I didn't feed my baby magnets, I didn't leave her unattended with them." ...
> The magnets Sam bought online for her son last Christmas.
One could argue that hazardous items should be forbidden from having an appearance attractive to young children, but that's hard to implement in practice. I'm inclined to think a warning on the package that they're not for kids and swallowing can be deadly is an appropriate solution for a product like that. DigitDots brand magnetic balls do have such a warning, but I'm not sure if that's true for the white label version I found on Ebay.
HN, and more broadly the liberal-tarian crowd, is really really individualist which comes through in issues like these.
"We can't make a rule that toys meant for and sold to children should have to meet basic safety standards, it should be the individual parent's responsibility... rabble rabble something education"