[Political Junkie Too]

I predicted this back in 2006:

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Just wait until your outdoor BBQ is banned because the wafting smell of your steaks offends the Hindu neighbor next door.

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-PJ

[SamAdams76]

And in 2006, people probably laughed at the notion that outdoor BBQ would be banned because some old hag across the street might object to the smoke. (However, I think there's something more at work here. Perhaps she doesn't like the fact there are black people in her neighborhood).

Just like back in 1974, it would have sounded crazy if somebody offered that soon children would be prohibited from riding bicycles without crash helmets. Or that bakeries would get shut down for refusing to bake a homosexual cake.

Nanny government is incremental and if left unchecked, will eventually come to dominate every aspect of private life.

[CSM]

You were right. Many of us made the same predictions on the anti smoking threads too.