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Patios and street are the next smoking target (pg. 2)
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| Jayx1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by lexclu
um... right... ban smoking outside...
gfy ontario gov. and fed gov... paternalism at its best... if pollution was the concern... lets ban industry, cars, open fires, bbqs...
this is a half measure... if you want to ban tobacco.. do it... or is the gov. addicted to tobacco tax revenue?
lex |
dont give them any ideas....
they already floated the idea of banning BBQs in toronto a few years ago. |
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| Skipper |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
for now
but thats how these current bans got started. Lobbyists. |
Then what did you mean by
"Give them an inch they take 1000 km..." ?
They haven't taken anything. They're lobbyists - they don't "take" in the way you're implying. |
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| Moral Hazard |
| I'm a smoker and I'm in favour of a total ban on tobacco. Let's make it illegal and drive it all undergroud just like we did with every other drug. Let's do alcohol too while we're at it.... chances are more people have been killed by drunks then by second hand smoke. |
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| Jayx1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Skipper
Then what did you mean by
"Give them an inch they take 1000 km..." ?
They haven't taken anything. They're lobbyists - they don't "take" in the way you're implying. |
the lobbyists encourage the government to take away rights as demonstrated here. |
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| Jayx1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Moral Hazard
I'm a smoker and I'm in favour of a total ban on tobacco. Let's make it illegal and drive it all undergroud just like we did with every other drug. Let's do alcohol too while we're at it.... chances are more people have been killed by drunks then by second hand smoke. |
You are right. We should bring back prohibition. The mafia needs some new business angles! Because yes, it worked so well in the 20s didnt it? |
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| Moral Hazard |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
You are right. We should bring back prohibition. The mafia needs some new business angles! Because yes, it worked so well in the 20s didnt it? |
We're on the same page here Jay, I was trying to note the abserdity of it by taking it an extra step. |
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| mushyflowa |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
dont give them any ideas....
they already floated the idea of banning BBQs in toronto a few years ago. |
hahaha i remember once trying to start a nice bbque with my family on a park.. and alot of policeman surrounded us asking us to stop the fire..
but yeah.. instead of banning smoking in certain places.. they shud make cigarretes illegal and kill the problem at once.. i wouldnt agree with that.. because alot of my friends smoke.. but those "smoking bans" are cheap excuses to protect the people (from cancer) and their pockets (freom loosing money) |
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| lexclu |
| quote: | Originally posted by Skipper
Where does the article say ANYTHING about the Ontario government banning smoking on patios?
NS, Newfoundland - yes
Ontario lobbyists - yes
Government - no |
nice use of caps... lol... to be fair however i would have gotten it if it were just regular text...
um.. ontario and the canadian government have been on an anti-smoking campaign for a while now... and paternalism is a bitch... any anti-smoking conversation that is had i think of the canadian government and the ontario government specifically... i couldn't care less what happens in NS... but the fact is that once one of these precedents are set by any other province.. ontario will follow suit... and when ontario follows you can bet that the fed gov will too...
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| Jayx1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by mushyflowa
hahaha i remember once trying to start a nice bbque with my family on a park.. and alot of policeman surrounded us asking us to stop the fire..
but yeah.. instead of banning smoking in certain places.. they shud make cigarretes illegal and kill the problem at once.. i wouldnt agree with that.. because alot of my friends smoke.. but those "smoking bans" are cheap excuses to protect the people (from cancer) and their pockets (freom loosing money) |
making cigs illegal will just give more business to the mafia.
Maybe they should try striking a true balance and letting ADULTS decide for themselves. |
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| mushyflowa |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
You are right. We should bring back prohibition. The mafia needs some new business angles! Because yes, it worked so well in the 20s didnt it? |
hahaha.. i was thinking about the same thing.. houses made from wooden boxes used to transport the so calles alcohol in boxes.. :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: |
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| MarkT |
| quote: | Originally posted by girllovingtvibe
I am a non smoker now and am happy that there is no smoking indoors (to be fair). However, to ban it like this is kind of absurb. azzes. b4 they do this perhaps they should start with the pollution that is being created in other areas....argh.... |
exactly...public places of business and entertainment, fine.
"outdoors" or in your own home...no. that's crossing the line from public to private. |
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| Jayx1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by MarkT
exactly...public places of business and entertainment, fine.
"outdoors" or in your own home...no. that's crossing the line from public to private. |
but like i suggested long ago, once the anti ball starts rolling you cant stop it. |
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