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Well, with what they say about "second-hand" smoke, 007 may need a "license to kill"!

And once smoking is wrapped in red tape, what other "unhealthy" pursuits will they require a license for? Salt must be rationed and you must produce a suitable for of ID in order to purchase your weekly recommended amount. Of course everything contains salt, so you must also fill in a form to calculate the amount of salt you eat, and any excess will be taken from your ration next month...

perhaps they'll spin this as the reason for having ID cards.

I could care less if a person wants to destroy their health. But they have NO right to destroy MINE. These smokers stand outside of buildings, puffing away on their cancer sticks while the rest of us have to breathe it in as we walk by. If you want to smoke, smoke at home where I don't have to breathe in your cancer smoke, though I would fully support a complete ban on cigarettes.

Thank you for that perfect example Kristy.

Speaking here from inside Blairstrip One, it is very much like living in an asylum taken over by the craziest inmates. Not Britannia any more, more like Arkham.

Kristy...

WAHH FUCKing wah.

What else do you want to ban Kristolf hitler?

Confetti? Fireworks displays? Spray Paint? anything with an odor or risk of respiratory problems if inhaled? Go huff a bag of fermented urine. find me someone who has suffered from outdoor second hand smoke. FIND ME ONE CASE!

Chances are the air in the city you live in is worse than 2nd hand smoke OUTDOORS.

"If you want to smoke, smoke at home where I don't have to breathe in your cancer smoke..."

Kristy, there is a movement to ban smoking in PRIVATE HOMES. Are you saying that you would fight that so that people can (as you say) "...smoke at home..."? There is a known case where a California woman SUED a man who lived a HUNDRED YARDS from her home because SHE SAID that the cigarette smoke in his house drifted into hers and CHOKED her!
Honestly now, tell us which party you would support in this case.

The anti-obesity law proposed in the link at the end of this article is even more frightening in the scope of its totalitarianism. On the other hand, one could make a killing in black market cigarettes and Big Macs if both of these laws were passed...

Of course everything contains salt, so you must also fill in a form to calculate the amount of salt you eat, and any excess will be taken from your ration next month...

Don't be absurd. Everyone KNOWS its ALWAYS been a ration of 4 ounces of chocolate. Double plus good! See you at the 2 Minute Hate! Down with Goldberg!

^_^

Oops...Goldstein, I meant Goldstein! No, please, not Room 101!

I see, get a license from the state to smoke; in other words this is precedent that there are no rights, only privileges granted by government.

Kristy first they take away cigarettes, but that's okay you don't smoke. Then they take away your right to eat what you want, but that's okay you eat right anyway and like the government menu. They'll get to you too Kristy. All in good time. The precedent is set. You no longer have rights, only privileges granted by government. This isn't about smoking. This isn't about eating. Are you free to live your life or are you not free? Personally, I'm willing to fight for my freedom. Some people have never even discovered theirs.

Come on guys, Big Brother loves us and is just doing this for our own good.

For real though, was Orwell a psychic or something, or just plain genius? Did anyone see him in a heavily modified Delorean?

It looks like the UK is using 1984 as a how-to manual instead of a warning...

You can pry my cigar from my cold, dead fingers.

The other point here is that once all smokers are registered with the government, it means they're all nicely visible. It'll then be easy to start excluding them from e.g. healthcare, benefits, and so on, and to target which of them have children (for removal by the state) etc. All your victims on a nice database. They love databases, New Labour.

This seriously reminds me of that craptacular Stallone movie, "Demolition Man." Dennis Leary was awesome in it, though.

Britain declares war on bottled water.

I actually just dreamed about this. I was in my local shop trying to buy a bottle of water, but I had to show them a licence. All the newspapers were locked away in a glass cabinet and I knew this was so that only some people were allowed to read them/ buy them. Their headlines were about global warming, and it was snowing outside. The shop seemed to be like a soviet greengrocers, with a few dusty, mouldy vegetables sparsely populating the shelves. Finally I got the bottle of water, but I couldn't get it to light. Then thankfully I woke up.

hi Why does the government have to put a law on everything people want to do. Its garbage and pretty soon everybody is going to be zombies and can't do want they might enjoy.
I know it won't change.... haha

Fuck you President Bush your a complete asshole
Why should you have to ban something that is legal for centries. I could careless if anybody smokes in there vechicle. Besides its not harming anybody look at the polution from all the other stuff and crimes out there. Take a fucking Pill and go back and look at what has already happend. People are going to still smoke and why the hell should you have to register a fucking cigarette. Bull SHIT!

So why is Andy railing at Bush as if he were a Liberal Socialist Democrat bureauweenie who wants to state-run everything?

I could care less if a person wants to destroy their health. But they have NO right to destroy MINE. These smokers stand outside of buildings, puffing away on their cancer sticks while the rest of us have to breathe it in as we walk by.

Apparently, someone hasn't stood outside at rush hour anytime in the past 50 years.

Kristy, learn English. I believe that you meant to type "I could NOT care less."