dennis@home wrote
Rod Speed wrote
The Medway Handyman wrote
geoff wrote
Dave Liquorice wrote
ARWadsworth wrote

I think compulsory eyesight tests should be required if you are caught by a visible speed trap.

I partially agree with you. Surveys suggest as many as 1 in 20
drivers cannot pass the basic eyesight test needed to pass the
driving exam.

I find it very odd that you can pass your test at 17 and not have
to do anything to keep your licence, other than keeping your nose
clean, until your 70th birthday. And even then it's pretty much
"self assesment".

Seems very counter to todays cooton wool world that people are
allowed to be in charge of a leathal(*) bit of machinery with out
regular checks on their competancy to operate that bit of machinery.

(*) Around seven people *a day* are killed in UK road "accidents".
If virtually anything else under the control of people killed that
many there would be an out cry.

Smoking?

Drinking?

Don't say you weren't warned. First they demonised the smoker, now it's going to be the drinker.

Nope. Not with those who drink in moderation.

Least not in places with a clue like Europe and Britain they havent.

First they came for the smokers, and I did not speak out - because I was not a smoker;

It would be stupid to speak out about that.

No one has stopped smokers from smoking.

They have tried with kids.

They have only controlled the effects they have on others.

They have done a lot more than that with kids.

Some smokers realise this, others think they have the right to inflict their habit on others.

Their addiction.

Then they came for the drinkers, and I did not speak out - because I was not a drinker;

The same with drinking, they want to control excessive drinking.

Thats not right with prohibition. Hardly anyone has been that stupid tho.

It is not right that some people just drink to get drunk.

Its their choice.

They cause trouble for others.

Some of them dont.

Then they came for me - and there was no one left to speak out for me.

Mindlessly silly.

While they will certainly demonise the obscenely obese, they wont be demonising all those who eat anything, stupid.