sinbadsailor
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Do you think that there should be no planning regulations and people should be able to slap up whatever they want wherever they want?If I want to leave a city environment for a better standard of living and live in the country, I can't just build a house and move.
Not necessarily. There is no specific legislation in the area proposed. Just talk.If I want to buy a mobile phone in the future I will have to give personal information to register it.
Do you think that there should be no taxation in these or any circumstances?If I want to give my kids some money when I die, they are penalised
If I want to own more than one property, I am penalised.
Are they? Tell us more...Car insurance companies are now pushing to get access to medical records etc.
What do you propose as alternatives/solutions to the problems that you outline? We live in a democracy so the option is there to all to campaign for or against anything that they consider important.It's all just a bit unnerving, and unnecessary in my opinion
What unnecessary restrictions are there on driving in your opinion?I mean since when did rational, well balanced adults loose the abilty to make educated choices and act responsibly when it comes to their driving
There are no laws against smoking and drinking as much as you want. There are laws against smoking in a workplace environment but that's all. And licensing laws have never been as liberal in this country as they are today.alcohol consumption etc, smoking etc?
What pre-emptive stuff?The fact that something may be dangerous, unhealthy etc should not give the govt a remit to control it. By all means use the law to punish people who inflict pain on other as a result of bad choices, but this pre-emptive stuff is way to over the top.
Do you think that there should be no planning regulations and people should be able to slap up whatever they want wherever they want?
Do you think that there should be no taxation in these or any circumstances?
Do you think that there should be no planning....
I do think there is a general trend towards state interference in how we live our lives.
Seven words - what the hell are you on about?Two words - Population Control.
the ban is on smoking around other people and harming their health while they work. Smoking is not banned. Smoke your own brains and lungs out but not next to me (or your children). Drives me nuts to hear that sited as an example in this context. Its a protection of right to clean working environment if anything.I do think there is a general trend towards state interference in how we live our lives. The workplace smoking ban is the best example but the puritans have their sights set on alcohol, fast food and 'legal highs' as well.
the ban is on smoking around other people and harming their health while they work. Smoking is not banned. Smoke your own brains and lungs out but not next to me (or your children). Drives me nuts to hear that sited as an example in this context. Its a protection of right to clean working environment if anything.
Why? If it used to be OK in the past then why not now? At least that's my conclusion when I follow your logic on the general issue.I can understand the argument against smoking on aeroplanes and in hospitals
Would that not be in breach of equality legislation?only hire smokers to work there?
Ash's proposal for a ban on smoking in one's own private car when one is alone comes to mind.Well I don't smoke but I deplore puritanical nonsense dressed up as a civil liberties issue. I can understand the argument against smoking on aeroplanes and in hospitals but the smoking ban is state enforced behavioural modification. If it was just about clean air then why couldn't workers who choose to smoke have their own smoking room, or why couldn't a publican decide to run a smoking-bar and only hire smokers to work there?
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