It is truely a great event.
I gotta lol at that brother!Rex: Do you realise that pub is short for Public House, as in *not* private club? Sure it's not funded by the government, but there are no admission fees like a club, and it would be nice if anyone could eat a meal without being puffed on, or just pop out to meet friends for a drink without stinking later on.
I don't want to "vote with my feet". I live in a nice area of countryside, I have family near who can help look after my kids (who go to school here), I know loads of people, and the town has loads of art and music going on. I don't want to move to a city to be able to go to the pub. I'd like to have some choice here, like I said even 50% would be good, even though only 30% of the population smoke.
DampeS8N:
This country seems to think that democracy is about taking a pole to see what popular opinion is and then making that law
Yes, it would be bad to make popular opionion the law because most people are frankly ignorant of a whole bunch of stuff. That's why the government has consulted scientists and doctors in the U.K. to come up with the ban smoking in public places law. It's for the good of the people. It restricts the freedom to be "selfish" and "inconsiderate" around others. Good. The fact is when you see mums in their cars smoking fags on the way to school, these people will never be convinced that it is inconsiderate/rude to smoke fags next to someone who is eating, so a law will help to "educate" them. Bring it on, I look forward to it. I'm fed up with people with no friggin' manners on the road, in the street, on the phone, in the pub. <rant>How are we going to be a proud race going to the stars to meet alien races and leave our physical bodies behind when most of use are just flipping dumbass rude, selfish, violent, fat, lazy, uneducated idiots? </end rant>