This is just the continuation of the "public health crisis" excuse to ban something people don't agree with. Smoking, Sugary drinks, guns, etc. The slippery slope continues.
Not yet, but in UK it seems that the restricted areas keep proliferating. There's a park near my work that just put up "this is a smoke-free zone" signs, and this is in the open air. Ridiculous. But I digress.
But we try to keep minors away from them.
And there's the real problem. It was always the shop worker that was the gatekeeper to bar tobacco, alcohol and porn from minors. It wasn't a perfect system and everyone knew workarounds but it was good enough to appease the majority. Now the porn is readily available as digital media and there has bee
You've got to be joking. Consider this: The air initially exists free of smoke, and cigarettes are not natural, this is the most basic state. I have the right to not be forced to breathe cancer inducing air from someone who chooses to pollute their own body with such things. If you are smoking in a common area, that is free to anyone, then you are taking away that freedom. I'm not taking away your freedom, the most basic state of the park was free and open air - you smokers are imposing your own will on tha
No, but not many people fart proudly in public. Society/culture mostly tells them it's wrong.
Smokers, OTOH, are oblivious to their condition and will happily sit near other people who are trying to eat. They often pop out for a quick one during the meal to reinforce their miasma.
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This is just the continuation of the "public health crisis" excuse to ban something people don't agree with. Smoking, Sugary drinks, guns, etc. The slippery slope continues.
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Cigarettes haven't been banned. But we try to keep minors away from them.
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Cigarettes haven't been banned.
Not yet, but in UK it seems that the restricted areas keep proliferating. There's a park near my work that just put up "this is a smoke-free zone" signs, and this is in the open air. Ridiculous. But I digress.
But we try to keep minors away from them.
And there's the real problem. It was always the shop worker that was the gatekeeper to bar tobacco, alcohol and porn from minors. It wasn't a perfect system and everyone knew workarounds but it was good enough to appease the majority. Now the porn is readily available as digital media and there has bee
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You've got to be joking. Consider this: The air initially exists free of smoke, and cigarettes are not natural, this is the most basic state. I have the right to not be forced to breathe cancer inducing air from someone who chooses to pollute their own body with such things. If you are smoking in a common area, that is free to anyone, then you are taking away that freedom. I'm not taking away your freedom, the most basic state of the park was free and open air - you smokers are imposing your own will on tha
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If i am there alone, why should my freedom to self-destruct be impinged because you might come along?
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Secondhand farts aren't dangerous.
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You've obviously never been around me after a chili cookoff...
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No, but not many people fart proudly in public. Society/culture mostly tells them it's wrong.
Smokers, OTOH, are oblivious to their condition and will happily sit near other people who are trying to eat. They often pop out for a quick one during the meal to reinforce their miasma.
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but WHY is farting loudly in public wrong? It's the quiet ones that are the problem. Broadsided by a massive funk without a warning.