I went to the pub last night for my regular monday night quiz, and I tell you what it was MARVO. I came home and the clothes I usually have to wash after only 4 hours work could be folded neatly ready for a new wear. My washing machine My beautiful hair didn't smell like an ashtray. My friends who do smoke had half as many fags as usual, which is great, because I lost my mum to lung cancer and I'd really prefer it if my friends didn't die like that too and if they cut down, or even stop then there is a better chance they won't.
I really wish the government would enforce me to stop eating so much, or stop drinking so much, or make me exercise because my own willpower is clearly lacking in that I know this stuff is bad for me and might kill me, but I carry on the same regardless.
It's only a matter of time before the government does regulate what we can and can't eat/drink. Them and Gillian McKeith, poking us with sticks of rough justice and shouting 'Run, Piggy!'
My main problem is the way it has been decided - without a democratic, public vote, as I believe it should have been. Or they could enforce it in some pubs and not others - that way, as with drinking too much, if I want to do something that shaves years off my life, I can decide, as an adult, to do so, but not around people who don't want to be around it.
Ah, but you're wrong, there has been a democratic public vote, it is called a general election, and when they announced the possibility of a smoking ban coming up in parliament you should have used your rights to approach your voted in representative and ask him to voice your side of the argument.
Maybe you did do that, but clearly not enough people did to be the majority that are needed to persuade the MPs its a bad idea.
I'll give you that. I can't remember if I was old enough to vote at the last general election. And, if I was, I almost certainly didn't pay attention to such things, being one of the 'but they'll never enforce a smoking ban' brigade. Besides, Gwynneth Dunwoody (my MP) was elected by the railway workers union of Crewe to be their representative at Westminster, she sat on the transport committee in paliament and they still closed down the Railway Works. I don't think she'd give a hoot about my concerns
I have to agree with Lucy on this one. It's so nice not stinking of the smoke that other people have chosen to exhale around me. But then, I'm not a smoker so I would say that. However, I do worry that drink will be next on the crackdown list and that fun in general will come after that!
Of course it'll be drink next. Because the guidelines for things keep getting stricter to convince us that there's an epidemic of sickness growing amongst us, which simply isn't true. They'll take the drink, they'll take the fast food and frankly it's unfair on those who can do moderation. I am not one of those people, but I don't see why they should be punished.
But do you not see the benefits of having seperate smoking and party pooper non-smoking pubs? Lots of people I know genuinely don't mind people smoking around them, and I don't mind having a pint in a non-smoking pub, but I DESERVE THE CHOICE. If we can't make our own decisions concerning our health, what are we? WE ARE BUT NUMBERS!
Christ, is your middle name 'voice of a generation' our what?! I'll give you the split pub thing although it might harm one set of pubs business either way. At least, all pubs are in the same boat. I was under the impression that pubs could have seperate smoking areas as long as it was seperate room. I'm sure there's some way around it.
But, you can still smoke remember - it's not all bad!
I really wish the government would enforce me to stop eating so much, or stop drinking so much, or make me exercise because my own willpower is clearly lacking in that I know this stuff is bad for me and might kill me, but I carry on the same regardless.
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My main problem is the way it has been decided - without a democratic, public vote, as I believe it should have been. Or they could enforce it in some pubs and not others - that way, as with drinking too much, if I want to do something that shaves years off my life, I can decide, as an adult, to do so, but not around people who don't want to be around it.
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Maybe you did do that, but clearly not enough people did to be the majority that are needed to persuade the MPs its a bad idea.
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Besides, Gwynneth Dunwoody (my MP) was elected by the railway workers union of Crewe to be their representative at Westminster, she sat on the transport committee in paliament and they still closed down the Railway Works. I don't think she'd give a hoot about my concerns
DEMOCRACY DOESN'T WORK!
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They'll take the drink, they'll take the fast food and frankly it's unfair on those who can do moderation. I am not one of those people, but I don't see why they should be punished.
But do you not see the benefits of having seperate smoking and party pooper non-smoking pubs? Lots of people I know genuinely don't mind people smoking around them, and I don't mind having a pint in a non-smoking pub, but I DESERVE THE CHOICE. If we can't make our own decisions concerning our health, what are we? WE ARE BUT NUMBERS!
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But, you can still smoke remember - it's not all bad!
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There's no loopholes, you just can't smoke indoors. And, you wait, it'll be inside your own homes next. Then we'll have ourselves a witch-hunt.
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