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Originally Posted by Chris T
The Law is a constantly evolving and developing thing, and it evolves at the pace society can tolerate. At the time that legislation was drawn up, society was not ready to support such radical action. Now, it is. This smoking ban has been framed as health and safety legislation, so its effect may well be to amend the laws you refer to.
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So you say that the time is now right to support such radical action. Who says that the time is now right and if it is why has a complete ban on smoking in all enclosed places not been implemented?
What are the facts as applied to England where I reside?
There is no legislation that bans smoking in all public places and there may never be such legislation.
There is no legislation that bans smoking in places that serve alcohol and there may never be such legislation.
There is no legislation that bans smoking in places that serve food and there may never be such legislation.
No matter what the anti smoking brigade want they have to remember that the millions of people who are entitled to vote in this country and who also smoke will have to be listened to by any government in power who will balk at upsetting such a powerful section of the voting populace. I cannot see any solution being accepted that doesn't offer some sort of compromise.
No matter how many times the anti smoking posters in this thread say "for the millionth time" and words to that effect it doesn't alter the basic fact that their view of the situation may be completely at odds with the truth. In fact the very saying shows that they are not telling the truth.