Last Christmas I bought my father a desk toy called Buckyballs. They are a set of powerful magnets that you can link together and build things with them. Both he and I have had a lot of fun playing with them. There are warnings on the packaging saying that they are not suitable for children and are very dangerous if swallowed. Naturally when my much younger cousins came to our house I made sure the Buckyballs were kept well away from them. So I was surprised while watching Channel 7 News that a mother is calling to ban them in [...]