Radioman wrote:
mikeingalway wrote:
We have the smoking ban here in the republic of ireland and it has'nt affect our buisness in any way.
Hi
I agree wtih you Mike. I am in Dublin a lot and the companies I deal with are getting busier. Its fantastic going out in the evenings and not choking to death in a pub due to the smoke.
Peoples views will change in Scotand. If they want a cig then they will do what is done in Ireland, they will go outside and have one then come back in.
Ireland has been thru it all and survied. Role on March.
regards
Yeah, Sunday heralds the arrival of fascism in Scotland.
No longer does government have to compromise, find solutions that reflect the interests of all. Just listen to a vociferous lobby, manufacture a moral panic and legislate draconian laws.
I'm a non-smoker. Hate, loathe and detest it.
But you don't have to be the brain of britain to realise dictatorship when you see it.
Why should pub owners, who invest fortunes in their business be prevented from servicing the needs of their customers as they see fit. Where there is the possibility to provide wholly separate, fully ventilated areas, why should they not be allowed to operate them?
And, I don't believe there has been no effect in Ireland. Dublin has lost 200 pubs since the ban. Off sales are up, on sales are down. people are smoking no less, they're just doing it at home. Presumably in front of the kids. Passenegers in my cab tell me a different story to the propaganda from the no smoking lobby. Even the clubs are quieter.
The smoking ban discriminates. Yet our "democracy" is supposed to abhor discrimination. It's OK to discriminate when it suits government to do so? Isn't that fascism? Interesting that Hitler banned smoking in public places, isn't it? A relevant parallel?
All of the numpties who think this is good legislation, remember this when something you partake in is banned. I suggest the drinking of alcohol. Hill walking because it's too dangerous. Boxing, ditto. Fishing, because it hurts the poor wee creatures. Shut down take away food shops, poor health issues. Close clubs down earlier because of public objections. Close down budget airlines because of environmental concerns. The PC lobby are coming after an interest of yours.
When it's then too late to do anything to prevent it because you allowed the interests of individuals accounted for in law making to be jettisoned here.
In Dundee they are already preventing adults who smoke from fostering children. And, those who already do? They haven't discounted removing the kids from them. They have the real interests of these vulnerable kids are heart, don't they? Not!!!!
How long before the council pseudo cops come to your door with a warrant to search your premises because someone, whom you've fallen foul off, makes a spurious complaint that you're smoking in front of your kids? Think it won't happen? Or that you're allowing your kids to eat junk food?
Meanwhile, thanks to the plonkers without brains capable of reason and common decency, I'll just take the hit. I'll just have to work longer, driving past smokers disfiguring our environment as they huddle in the open spaces, a testament to man's inhumanity and complete disregard for others. A monument to the abuse of political power and lack of wisdom.
Thanks.
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