Next you'll be telling us that other damaging activities like smoking; alcohol consumption; high sugar / saturated fat / salt foods; urban air quality; gun ownership; drug use and trade; prostitution; etc should all be left to "personal choice and the market choosing"...
Jeez!! You really want politicians to be controlling every single aspect of your life?? That is very Orwellian and more than a little frightening. Ronald Reagan used to say the most frightening words you could ever hear are "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help you." He was right.
Basically. I don't want anyone micro-managing my life - certainly not politicians. If you like or need to be controlled, fine. But I don't. Life is dangerous, but I don't want puritanical, over zealous people interfereing. If I want to kill myself with fags, booze sugar and whores - that's my choice. Yes, give me the information - then let me decide for myself.
Of course, all this control, like the climate control industry, is yet another money gouging activity by the government. Eg. they want to protect me from the perils of having a Coke with sugar - by taking extra money off of me for the pleasure. Quelle surprise!! Tax, tax and more tax.
The trouble with letting idiot, vain, untrustworthy politicians rule your life is they don't know when to stop. Banning smoking in pubs was a bit heavy handed - they could have left some pubs smoking, others not. Much better than closing them. However, I could see some sense in this ban. But now they can't stop themselves from banning activities that harm no one but the smoker - banning smoking in pub gardens. This is just complete control freakery. Who are they protecting? Open air smoking harms no others at all. Just control for control's sake.
And you lap it all up, yes they say jump - you say how high? Well one day, the controllers will want to control and curtail some activities or pleasures you enjoy. Guaranteed.
