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Max Samuels
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Yesterday while sitting in the Dr's waiting room, waiting to get a new prescription of valium so I can cope with this forum (jokes), they had on Channel 7, and there was a news story featuring some smiling Melbourne City Councilor and her "radical" idea of banning smoking from the streets of Melbourne CBD entirely!
Now, whether or not you are pro/anti smoking in public places, I find the fact that pretty much all the news coverage of this is so one-sided. Not a single journalist even mentioned "well what about all the tax payers and tourists that want to smoke"? Nope - just all smiles like they were performing for NK's Dear Leader.
No smoking inside buildings? Sure.
No smoking in restaurants? Agree.
No smoking in the outside areas of pubs? Not too sure I agree on this one. Some pubs have actually banned eating outside instead of smoking because the demand is so great!
No smoking in some dirty alley in the CBD of Melbourne? Why do we care?
I feel like big brother nanny state is once again extending his/her reach to where it doesn't need to go. And for me it is not really the issue of "smoking" being banned, but just that "something" is being banned (again) by the people that are supposed to run the city (not our lives).
What do people think?
Now, whether or not you are pro/anti smoking in public places, I find the fact that pretty much all the news coverage of this is so one-sided. Not a single journalist even mentioned "well what about all the tax payers and tourists that want to smoke"? Nope - just all smiles like they were performing for NK's Dear Leader.
No smoking inside buildings? Sure.
No smoking in restaurants? Agree.
No smoking in the outside areas of pubs? Not too sure I agree on this one. Some pubs have actually banned eating outside instead of smoking because the demand is so great!
No smoking in some dirty alley in the CBD of Melbourne? Why do we care?
I feel like big brother nanny state is once again extending his/her reach to where it doesn't need to go. And for me it is not really the issue of "smoking" being banned, but just that "something" is being banned (again) by the people that are supposed to run the city (not our lives).
What do people think?