dennis@home wrote:
"The Medway Handyman" wrote in
message . ..


Please don't assume what I think. I don't wish to share my cigarette
smoke with anyone apart from other smokers.

I am happy to find a smoker that agrees it is wrong to smoke anywhere
the public has access to or where there are any children like
streets, shops, houses, etc.

"anywhere the public has access to". Would that be the smoking public or
the non smoking public? 25% of the UK population enjoy a perfectly legal
activity.

Think about it. If we had reasonable legislation instead of punitive
legislation, we could have specific smoking & non smoking venues. Therefore
25% of the public could smoke in areas that 25% of the population has access
to.

"streets"? Are you seriously suggesting second hand smoke is a problem in
the open air? Or are smokers responsible for global warming?

I see your train of thought. You are suggesting that second hand smoke in
the open air is a serious threat to the health of small children & possibly
fluffy bunnies.

At what range? Can smokers injure the health of small children & fluffy
bunnies at 10 yards? 100yards? A mile?

"shops"? Shops are perfectly entitled to apply smoking bans if they want
to. Who smokes in shops anyway?

"houses"? Surely people can do what they like in their own houses? Or
would you like to outlaw that as well?

Fascist.

When they came for the Jews and the blacks, I turned away
When they came for the writers and the thinkers and the radicals and the
protesters, I turned away
When they came for the gays, and the minorities, and the utopians, and the
dancers, I turned away
And when they came for me, I turned around and around, and there was nobody
left...


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Dave - The Medway Handyman
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