Do you think smoking cigerettes should be illegal ?

[wwjd_kilden]

well, it IS addictive

 

[carpetmanswife]

heyyyyyyyyyyyy chick!! *lori*

 

[carpetmanswife]

well, it IS addictive

pish posh.....

 

[wwjd_kilden]

nah, relax, I like coffee too, and I definitely like sugar

 

[worldlover]

your health will answer the question.

 

[Maddog]

This country is based more on minorities than majorities. The Founders did not want a tyranny of the majority, nor a tyranny of the minority. So if the issue is unconstitutional, in America it shouldn't even be an option to vote on.

You can't vote to deny someone their constitutional rights. Even though we do/have.

Well said. You can't ban something even if the majority are in favour of it. If they do, then we can all say goodbye to freedom.

 

[imoss]

mmmm says the coffee snob. Oh & btw... thought it was interesting in light of an earlier post. I'll have you know my dad gave me my first drag of a cigarette & took a picture... I was 5.

 

[MyBagsRPacked]

Of course not. Cigarettes are a legitimate source of pleasure for a great many people. Smoking is not inherently immoral and neither is it necessarily 'bad' for you (not that that would be a good enough reason to ban them anyway).

WHAT?!?!?!?! wow...

 

[MahogonySnail]

I want them to ban alcohol before they ban cigarettes. Cigarettes never killed anyone on the roads.

 

[wwjd_kilden]

yeah... but the people would go totally crazy... the government is too ... scared? .. to do that. they ban other stuff, but acohol is "holy" to people

 

[Maddog]

WHAT?!?!?!?! wow...

You seem somewhat surprised. Is something bothering you?

 

[MahogonySnail]

seriously though alcohol is a big killer it needs to go. I hope they ban it in my lifetime. The streets aren't safe anymore or the roads.

 

[Remmy]

seriously though alcohol is a big killer it needs to go. I hope they ban it in my lifetime. The streets aren't safe anymore or the roads.

No kidding..
In my country we already have around 20 people for 2010 who died in a car accident and the total deaths for 2009 is 110. in 2008 it was around 90 people who died.and get this,the total population of my country is only 400.000 so you do the math....sad to say that it's getting worse every year

 

[wwjd_kilden]

yea, one of the political parties here in norway suggested starting to sell alcohol in gas stations.... nw that would have been interesting...

 

[MahogonySnail]

How stupid.

 

[Maddog]

How stupid.

Heh, see I think 'how convenient'.

 

[wwjd_kilden]

sure, easy to grab a bottle of scotch o the way home after a stressful day... falling asleep behind the wheel...

 

[Maddog]

sure, easy to grab a bottle of scotch o the way home after a stressful day... falling asleep behind the wheel...

Idiots aside, it is convenient. I've enjoyed being able to pick up some booze and baccy from petrol stations when all the other shops are shut.

 

[wwjd_kilden]

well that's the reason for NOT having it there... there are enough drunk people as it is
(mind though: people in norway CAN'T drink... at least not youths... they always get drunk)

 

[Maddog]

well that's the reason for NOT having it there... there are enough drunk people as it is

No, that's a reason for punishing drink drivers and others who actually cause trouble. It's not a good enough reason to stop ordinary Joe Bloggs picking up a bottle of wine for his wife on the way home from work.