A child accepting a situation is one thing. I for one am not a child but a reasoning adult that can make decisions for myself. If you chose to use this analogy then I would say that the shot is worse than the disease in the long run. I believe what I wrote in my net.friendly post.
Information overload is a significant problem.
Unsolicited email from one or two organizations is anoying. At about 1 minute per email that is 3 hours of my week gone. Explain this again. The message did not get through. I am hearing that everybody using their car to produce more smog will teach us how to preserve our environment.