' I ' m chaining you to your bed , kid . This is so you don ' t kill anyone or yourself . '' But dad , I ' m not planning to kill anyone '' Mhm , that ' s what they all say . Besides , you might leave your toys on the stairs , you might run in the road . You might get kidnapped or something . Meanwhile your mother and I won ' t know how safe you might be when we ' re in the pub . We paid for this holiday , you didn ' t ' Seems I went from prepubescent serial killer thought criminal to Maddie McCann in one small step . Funny , because the entire post is a bit of a giant leap , but it ' s a leap necessary to emphasise the point that locking people up for their own good is illogical . <| sep |> I was having a conversation with my American friend I ' m Australian the other day . I don ' t think that America has bad cheese , in fact America almost specialises in sharp hard cheeses . Australia makes plenty of our own cheeses especially around Tasmania but ours are generally influenced by a mix of European and American cheeses . I love a good soft cheese or blue vein but I ' d love to get the opportunity to sample more American cheeses . Unless of course you are talking about the kind of cheese you get on a cheeseburger or nacho ' s while getting takeaway , in which case you are getting what you pay for .