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Originally Posted by Ramrod
I don't agree with sunbathing (without factor 40) either, but lets leave that out of this discussion as well!
Smokers will kill themselves (or others) if they live long enough while smoking-any amount (so will junkies) whilst drinkers (in moderation) will just die of something else.
There is no safe dosage of tobacco, there is a safe dosage of alcohol.
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Not when said alcohol drinking twerp is behind the steering wheel of any vehicle or transport.Not when drinking pillock carries a knife and then uses it or they bottle someone.
Frankly we can all argue for the total ban of anything on the grounds that it can cause serious injury,death and can be a drain in the public spending through the NHS,police and social services and for it's effects on the whole community.
To go back to my ladder theory,where do we begin to stop banning things?My stepfather,bless him, in his later years had an addiction to climbing ladders and falling off them.He ended up in the hospital THREE times because of his addiction,each time managing to break a leg and various other bones.In the end I took his ladder away from him until I caught him standing on a chair.
Of course this only goes to underline the fact that you can only go so far to protect people before it becomes an interference and then they will find a way to circumvent the rules.
A total ban in public spaces,buildings,work spaces,shops,pubs-yes.Elsewhere I'm not so sure that it is right or fair.
Incog.Who's only true vice is CHOCOLATE and having watched a childrens programme where chocolate was totally banned by the government because it was bad for everyone's health I truly shudder at where banning will lead.
