Remember that law? "If you must smoke, take your butt outside." Not quite said like that, but meaning exactly that.
Good lord, how they must all be freezing, standing outside the door of almost every public building in town. Well... I can't say I'm sorry...
Yeah, yeah, it's a public space... but that public space belongs to everyone, thereby everyone is supposed to take care of it, keep it clean and safe.
For some people it is still not proved that smoking is bad, for others it's not proved that passive smoking is bad... so many reasons that so many people tried to came up with when the law was approved... It's quite simple really. It's a matter of freedom. Individual freedom. Period!
There's nothing else to argue about, your freedom ends when another one's begins. That's it. Smoking not only invades other people's freedom but also hurts them. So it has to be forbidden in public places. That's why you don't allow drivers to drink alcohol when they're going to drive, that's why you don't allow people to walk around with knifes or guns. "Oh but I like to fire my gun after I've had lunch, I have the right to do it!!". Yes, you do have that right, you do what you want with your own life, but it can't be legal to put other's at risk!
Go on, now, criticise the way that the government implemented the law. Go on, say it's not perfect, say the people in charge subverted to lobbies. Say this law is just showing off and it's only trying to fake some education that we don't have, in this little piece of the third world. Will I disagree? Of course not! Does that make the law less needed? Of course not!
This law has many flaws. Two more to add: it comes too late and should have been solved morally, and not legally.
Good lord, how they must all be freezing, standing outside the door of almost every public building in town. Well... I can't say I'm sorry...
Yeah, yeah, it's a public space... but that public space belongs to everyone, thereby everyone is supposed to take care of it, keep it clean and safe.
For some people it is still not proved that smoking is bad, for others it's not proved that passive smoking is bad... so many reasons that so many people tried to came up with when the law was approved... It's quite simple really. It's a matter of freedom. Individual freedom. Period!
There's nothing else to argue about, your freedom ends when another one's begins. That's it. Smoking not only invades other people's freedom but also hurts them. So it has to be forbidden in public places. That's why you don't allow drivers to drink alcohol when they're going to drive, that's why you don't allow people to walk around with knifes or guns. "Oh but I like to fire my gun after I've had lunch, I have the right to do it!!". Yes, you do have that right, you do what you want with your own life, but it can't be legal to put other's at risk!
Go on, now, criticise the way that the government implemented the law. Go on, say it's not perfect, say the people in charge subverted to lobbies. Say this law is just showing off and it's only trying to fake some education that we don't have, in this little piece of the third world. Will I disagree? Of course not! Does that make the law less needed? Of course not!
This law has many flaws. Two more to add: it comes too late and should have been solved morally, and not legally.
"The cigarette does the smoking - you're just the sucker."
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You have a good point there. It´s hard to argue against, so... agreed! ;)**
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