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Offline wrag

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License to smoke?
« on: February 16, 2008, 09:48:12 AM »
Seem to recall someone saying the power to tax was the power to destroy a thing.

Thinkin the same thing applies to licenses.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7247470.stm

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Offline trax1

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« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2008, 12:32:30 PM »
Man those guys over there just love to make people buy license's for everything.
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Offline Chairboy

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« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2008, 02:15:31 PM »
I'm waiting for Lazs2 to jump in and say that "smokers have the same right to not smoke that non-smokers have."

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Offline Boroda

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« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2008, 02:41:06 PM »
Damn that's called "democracy", and I hope you see why I am all for totalitarianism.
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Offline Dowding

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« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2008, 03:18:25 PM »
It's a recommendation from a advisory group. Study groups suggest things and are by and large ignored - they just serve to draw attention to an issue.

You guys are talking like they just made it law, nevermind actually making it to a bill.
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Offline VERTEX

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Speaking of smoking.
« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2008, 04:54:20 PM »
The provincial government of the province of British Columbia, Canada, will be passing a law that prohibits smoking in a private vehicle occupied by children.

What do you think of that???
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Re: Speaking of smoking.
« Reply #6 on: February 16, 2008, 05:00:08 PM »
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The provincial government of the province of British Columbia, Canada, will be passing a law that prohibits smoking in a private vehicle occupied by children.

What do you think of that???


Sounds pretty sensible. Why should those adult addicts be allowed to poison the innocent kids :aok
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Offline VERTEX

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« Reply #7 on: February 16, 2008, 05:02:16 PM »
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Damn that's called "democracy", and I hope you see why I am all for totalitarianism.


That'll only work if I'm in charge.
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Offline trax1

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« Reply #8 on: February 16, 2008, 05:02:48 PM »
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It's a recommendation from a advisory group. Study groups suggest things and are by and large ignored - they just serve to draw attention to an issue.

You guys are talking like they just made it law, nevermind actually making it to a bill.
Yeah well those advisory groups do get things passed as law from time to time, like here in the U.S an advisory group just got a law passed here in 17 states to make cigarettes "Fire Safe Cigarettes".

http://www.firesafecigarettes.org/categoryList.asp?categoryID=9&URL=Home%20-%20The%20Coalition%20for%20Fire%20Safe%20Cigarettes
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Offline Sandman

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« Reply #9 on: February 16, 2008, 05:48:55 PM »
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Originally posted by Dowding
It's a recommendation from a advisory group. Study groups suggest things and are by and large ignored - they just serve to draw attention to an issue.

You guys are talking like they just made it law, nevermind actually making it to a bill.


Let the hand wringing begin!
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Offline SD67

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« Reply #10 on: February 16, 2008, 07:04:06 PM »
Bong, James Bong....
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Offline 68Wooley

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« Reply #11 on: February 18, 2008, 07:05:31 PM »
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Man those guys over there just love to make people buy license's for everything.


It's not as bad as you would think. I actually find the US more bureaucratic than I ever found the UK.
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Offline trax1

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« Reply #12 on: February 18, 2008, 07:12:55 PM »
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It's not as bad as you would think. I actually find the US more bureaucratic than I ever found the UK.
Yeah that may be, but don't they even have to buy a license to watch TV?  Thats just ridiculous if you ask me, I mean a license to just watch TV.
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Offline lazs2

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« Reply #13 on: February 19, 2008, 09:53:18 AM »
chair.. why would I say that?

I think that anyone should be able to smoke or ingest anything they want so long as they are not directly impacting others.. that does not mean higher insurance bills for everyone.. that is not a direct impact but an artificial one.

smoke pot.. do drugs.. all fine with me.  I won't work with you or drive on the same roads tho.   Private road? your own property?  a business where they allow you to smoke pot or shoot heroin and all the other workers know it and accept the risk?  fine with me... none of my business.

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Offline 68Wooley

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« Reply #14 on: February 19, 2008, 11:39:07 AM »
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Originally posted by trax1
Yeah that may be, but don't they even have to buy a license to watch TV?  Thats just ridiculous if you ask me, I mean a license to just watch TV.


The TV license is kinda weird - a bit of a historical anomoly. Its used to fund the BBC which is officially a public service rather than a commercial organization. It does have advantages though:

1. There are no commercials on the BBC. Nuff said.
2. The BBC can take risks no commercial organization would ever take in its programming - things like The Office or Little Britain would never have seen the light of day otherwise.
3. The quality and imparciality of journalism is would shock most Americans.

All that said, you still need to buy a license even if you have no intention of watching the BBC.
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