No.

Banning people's foibles because you have decided they are bad, or because the (admitedly evil) industry which supplies them is not your cup of tea, is not democratic. It is essential that governments do not restrict peoples' activities because they feel they have a superior sense of what is good.

Posted By: fal5taff on February 15th 2006 at 21:22:52

Message Thread

Our "government" (General Chat) - fal5taff, Feb 15, 21:00:20
- watch out for Suggy! LOL! (n/m) (General Chat) - oh arr, Feb 15, 23:53:03
- Total rubbish (the smoking bit) (General Chat) - LincolnshireCanary, Feb 15, 22:00:24
- You may not remember but (General Chat) - downhaminone, Feb 15, 21:54:44
  - did Thatcher sack civil servants? (n/m) (General Chat) - oh arr, Feb 15, 23:54:52
  - aye - the government may not be great (General Chat) - Remmuby AG, Feb 15, 22:03:54
    - I prefer the previous Conservative Govt under Major to this one (General Chat) - LincolnshireCanary, Feb 15, 22:04:42
      - Lincolnshire's the right place for you (n/m) (General Chat) - downhaminone, Feb 15, 22:06:26
        
        *shrugs* Criticise them all you like (General Chat) - LincolnshireCanary, Feb 15, 22:25:48
        
        the majority of people in this country... (General Chat) - Brandonio, Feb 15, 23:43:35
        
        You could argue that a lack of a vote... (General Chat) - LincolnshireCanary, Feb 15, 23:50:31
        
        more to do with a lack of decent opposition and something else to believe in (n/m) (General Chat) - Brandonio, Feb 16, 00:05:17
        
        Thus, a vote in no change (General Chat) - LincolnshireCanary, Feb 16, 00:36:56
        
        Thus a vote FOR no change (General Chat) - LincolnshireCanary, Feb 16, 00:39:24
        
        and also (General Chat) - Remmuby AG, Feb 15, 23:51:30
        
        Probably right (n/m) (General Chat) - LincolnshireCanary, Feb 16, 00:37:55
      - lol (General Chat) - Remmuby AG, Feb 15, 22:06:14
        
        He has? (General Chat) - LincolnshireCanary, Feb 15, 22:38:40
        
        *cough* Really going now (n/m) (General Chat) - LincolnshireCanary, Feb 15, 22:41:44
        
        couldn't agree more (n/m) (General Chat) - downhaminone, Feb 15, 22:08:07
- Dare I say, 'blub'. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Feb 15, 21:43:11
  - you daren't. (n/m) (General Chat) - fal5taff, Feb 15, 21:46:17
    - Oh I dare. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Feb 15, 21:47:02
      - no you dont, you just think you do (n/m) (General Chat) - fal5taff, Feb 15, 21:47:54
        
        Oh ok. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Feb 15, 21:49:09
- Good use of the word 'egregiously' (General Chat) - The Judge, Feb 15, 21:19:46
  - No. (General Chat) - fal5taff, Feb 15, 21:22:52
    - But this particular activity cries out for restriction (General Chat) - The Judge, Feb 15, 21:26:31
      - By those measures, you should ban alcohol in public places too. (General Chat) - fal5taff, Feb 15, 21:29:08
        
        Yep, maybe we should (General Chat) - The Judge, Feb 15, 21:33:57
  - Clearly I haven't posted in a while (General Chat) - The Judge, Feb 15, 21:20:35
- mp's (General Chat) - GRUNTER4, Feb 15, 21:17:41
- Hear, Hear! (n/m) (General Chat) - LeonTheNinjaTurtle, Feb 15, 21:12:18
- If you look at the argument objectively (General Chat) - Super Yellows, Feb 15, 21:11:55
  - wrong. (General Chat) - fal5taff, Feb 15, 21:20:01
    - I never said whether the majority were right or not (General Chat) - Super Yellows, Feb 15, 21:24:55
      - wrong. (General Chat) - fal5taff, Feb 15, 21:31:19
        
        the difference there is that... (General Chat) - Brandonio, Feb 15, 23:49:09
    - A non-smoking pub? (General Chat) - The Judge, Feb 15, 21:22:43
      - wetherspoons have been running them for years, and (General Chat) - fal5taff, Feb 15, 21:23:57
        
        Massive chain in prime locations (General Chat) - The Judge, Feb 15, 21:28:43
        
        perhaps we should consider satisfying the demand of a minority instead of forcing them to (General Chat) - fal5taff, Feb 15, 21:32:31
        
        A fairly glib assessment really (General Chat) - The Judge, Feb 15, 21:38:38

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