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
Cigarette smoking is a problem. It used to be that smoking was allowed just about everywhere. As more knowledge become available about the health effects, the number of places that it is allowed keeps going down. It should be painfully obvious that smoking at a playground isn't a good idea and a sign ought not to be necessary. But since there are those who would choose to smoke if not explicitly prohibited, we have to pass laws and put up signs. And no, it's not only smoking. We have to put up signs te
Isn't this exactly why everything is regulated? I can't drive a hummer down the footpath either and not because those damn pedestrians keep getting blood on the tires.
If you truly think about a public space you would be absolutely amazed at how much regulation there is in those places, mainly because we as a species simply lack the ability to share and get along.
slippery slope (Score:5, Insightful)
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
Re: slippery slope (Score:5, Insightful)
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
Re: slippery slope (Score:-1)
If i am there alone, why should my freedom to self-destruct be impinged because you might come along?
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The problem is that a lot of smokers think its a good idea to smoke anywhere they are allowed to smoke, regardless of who may be nearby.
Re: slippery slope (Score:2, Interesting)
The problem is that a lot of smokers think its a good idea to smoke anywhere they are allowed to smoke, regardless of who may be nearby.
Is it always a problem when people do things in the places they are allowed to do them, or just in the case of cigarette smoking?
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Re: slippery slope (Score:5, Insightful)
Isn't this exactly why everything is regulated? I can't drive a hummer down the footpath either and not because those damn pedestrians keep getting blood on the tires.
If you truly think about a public space you would be absolutely amazed at how much regulation there is in those places, mainly because we as a species simply lack the ability to share and get along.