Smoking ban proposed for England

BBC News ^ | 11/16/04 | BBC News

[mondoman]

It can't happen here.

[ConservativeMan55]

A FREEPER NEEDS OUR HELP!

[Kurt_D]

OK, as a NON-SMOKER I am appalled by these proposals. Mankind needs more individual freedoms and less governmental supervision.

[BladeLWS]

In England? The regular pub goers are gonna get PISSED.

[Extremist]

Yes, Mummy, baby thinks its a jolly idea.

While we're at it Mummy, can we stop the boogey man from eating the jelley from me bum?

[southernnorthcarolina]

Evidently the writer gets paid by the paragraph.

[Kurt_D]

It has already been done in Ireland... and in Skokie. (FYI: I live in Chicago).

[mondoman]

In England, regular pub crawlers are ALREADY pissed.*

[Indie]

I thought we defeated the nazis

/sarc

[mlocher]

But the white paper will say it is not the role of government to force people to become healthy.

from reading this post (thanks for the effort, btw), it sure seems like the british gov't wants to force people to become healthy. next move is to outlaw birth defects...

[mlocher]

In England, regular pub crawlers are ALREADY pissed.*

by pissed*, do you mean angry or drunk?

[smonk]

---It can't happen here.---

I didn't think it could happen there, either.

[GeronL]

It can't happen here

Keep repeating that until you believe it

[AngloSaxon]

"It can't happen here"

LOL! You guys are funny!! Where did you think the British Government got there ideas from? Its already happening in the U.S. New York banned smoking a year ago!!

[mondoman]

drunk, that is their slang for drunk

[mondoman]

"It can't happen here"

I was being facetious.

[Gabz]

Here we go again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Uncle Vlad]

You know, if I had the money, I would build a movie theater where you have to smoke. There would be no screen in the auditorium, so the only way you could see the movie would be if everybody lit up and got a big ole clouda smoke going.

[SheLion]

Here we go again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nothing like taking the news to heart about what the bans have done to OTHER business's. They still want to do this 'on their own.' Well, good luck to all the poor business owners over there. If they think their economy is bad now, just wait!

[Madame Dufarge]

"Without a comprehensive ban on smoking in enclosed public places, staff will still be exposed to the unacceptable risk of second-hand smoke."

The myth has morphed into "fact" by telling the lie often enough.

How about the unacceptable risk of complete government control over every aspect of our lives?