“We are fed up with being overtaxed and overregulated. We are tired of being told how much salt we can put on our food, what windows we can buy for our house, what kinds of cars we can drive, what kinds of guns we can own, what kinds of prayers we are allowed to say and where we can say them, what political speech we are allowed to use to elect candidates, what kind of energy we can use, what kind of food we can grow, what doctor we can see, and countless other restrictions on our right to live as we see fit.”
Regulation for the sake of regulation has been the progressives’ stock in trade for nearly a hundred years. This is another example of attempts to regulate behavior without any foundation in simple logic.
Yes, and those with Stasi informant impulses get to practice their groupthink and social controls.
Watch the little nazi wannabees go hysterical when some poor shlub tries to light up in a public park. You would think he was spraying cyanide on the children, who are 100 feet away. (Meanwhile they don’t notice the city bus pouring out diesel smoke next to them.)
Tobacco conmtrol is just one little test area for the police state transformation program.
Floyd Ferris: “Did you really think that we want those laws to be observed? We want them broken. You’d better get it straight that it’s not a bunch of boy scouts you’re up against . . . We’re after power and we mean it. You fellows were pikers, but we know the real trick, and you’d better get wise to it. There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What’s there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted - and you create a nation of law-breakers - and then you cash in on guilt. Now that’s the system, Mr. Rearden, and once you understand it, you’ll be much easier to deal with.”
i dont think i would want nicotine laced vapors inside the workplace too....
” I mean, they look like cigarettes, but surely that superficial resemblance is not enough for a scientifically grounded agency like the Boston Public Health Commission.”
Next from the Boston Public Health Commission: Women who have their breasts enlarged or wear falsies will not be allowed to appear in public since they give the impression of being real and cause drivers to have accidents. /s
If a kid can be suspended for drawing a picture of a gun, all other bests are off.
I fear we may either be fighting another Civil War, or end up so subjugated that lobotomies would be a blessing.
But you don’t understand.
E-cigs are a “gateway” item... /s
ML/NJ