[QUOTE=Dee;2680376]I don’t smoke either, and I would certainly object to people smoking in a public area where I’m present, as they are forcing me to smoke as well. So I’m for smoking being banned in public places as it is in the UK, as I have rights too.[/QUOTE]
How about a person smoking in Central Park in NYC in the middle of a five acre pasture with now one around them? This is what Bloomberg has done. The smoking ban is in ANY public space no matter how uninhabited it may be.
I don’t smoke and have no problem with banning smoking in crowded areas. The NYC ban is going WAY beyond this. Also, limiting a person from buying a drink larger that 16 oz. is nothing more than a politician on a power trip.
We have elected politicians here in the USA that are publicly stating that the US Constitution is a tired old rag that should be discarded. When I hear this I wonder how people like this get elected time after time. I guess many people don’t bother to think about what, or who, they are voting for. People like Aaron Swartz saw what is happening here in the USA, as do others, but there are way too many that are either too ignorant to see or are too lazy to care.
The very fact that there are people in positions of authority in Europe that think it is within there power to restrict the free flow of information in such a major way makes me nervous. What is next on their RADAR screen after porn? Do you think they will stop there?