Hobbies Getting Banned Or Limited

I'm getting tired of all the hobbies I enjoy being banned or limited either because people:
1) are abusing the privileges they are granted,
2) have become so risk adverse that it's a wonder they make it out of the house
3) are too greedy to see beyond the short term.

Last Year

All Work and No Play
- I'm no longer able to play chess with my colleagues at work (out of hours of course). Long story...not for this post.

No Point
- The government in my state banned green laser pointers - anything 1mW and above is banned. Actually reclassified as weapons - with searches permitted if you're suspected of having one and 14 year jail sentences for possession without a permit - because idiots were getting their kicks trying to shine them at pilots eyes.

Link: Wikipedia Article

How about cracking down on the illegal use instead of making the tool illegal?!? Apparently since it's harder to prove law enforcement would rather just ban things. I'm surprised adults are allowed to buy scissors. Someone might run with them!!!

This year

Crash and Burn
Microsoft Flight Simulator - a 25 year old program that had constantly been improved and upgraded and around which an (expensive but fun) entire hobby industry had grown around was killed off. All but six members of the development team were fired (though some got the option of looking for work within the company for a month before being kicked out).

Ex-team Manager's Blog

How short sighted! I've blogged plenty about this, so I won't elaborate further.

This week

Ewwww, germs
- My local remote control flying club has been banned from people putting money in to have a barbeque lunch. The Penrith council have forced compulsory food regulation even if the price of food is just to offset the cost. This means upgrading canteen facilities to meet food safety regulation and only cooking there. Unfortunately the canteen's not open every day that people fly. Of course they make it all sound feel good but the end result is that having a day where you fly remote control planes and spontaneously put a few sausages on the BBQ is now a thing of the past. To make matters worse an individual at the club - which is large and has many sections - has to be personally responsible for ensuring this.

Council Link 1
Council Link 2

In fact at the club there is more and more open worry by section leaders that they'll be personally held responsible for illegal and dangerous acts by members, which has led to increases in restrictions all round.

Go Fly A Kite....If You Can Find A Place To
- Kite flying has been banned at 5 Sydney beaches by Randwick council. Apparently this actually happened last year and targetted 2 string kites which could potentially be "flown agressively". However the signs they are erecting at ridiculous expense do not mention how many strings, leaving everyone confused.

Newspaper Article

What next? Beach cricket, volleyball and soccer???

Conclusion
On a personal and selfish note I'm left with less and less ways to blow off steam when I need it most. On a less selfish note, if they regulate everything fun out of existence, what do they expect kids to do to stay out of trouble???