Smokin,

[jrandom]

Originally posted by Jim2
Isn't banning another man's pleasure the thin end of a snowballing totalitarian fascist Govt?

Was that a troll?

Oh well, I'll bite.

Everything *other* than tobacco is already banned. You can't smoke cannabis, you can't use heroin, coke, speed, acid, 'shrooms, you name it. It's just the taxman's good old friends Nick O'Tine and Al K. Holl that continue to be legally available (at a cost, of course...)

Get with the big picture and attack the root of the problem, if it bothers you that much.

And the difference between a smoke and your single malt is embodied in the fact that I'm not forced to slurp spilled whisky from between your feet if I happen to be in the same room.

[James Deuce]

Originally posted by jrandom
Was that a troll?

Oh well, I'll bite.

And the difference between a smoke and your single malt is embodied in the fact that I'm not forced to slurp spilled whisky from between your feet if I happen to be in the same room.

Oh yeah?? You've never been to a bar with me then

Jim2

[Big Dog]

Couldn't give a shit about the smoking legislation. I smoke but don't think the legislation is bad, just poorly concieved. What about a seperate class of bar for smoking and non. we have seperate bars for topless, bottomless, family, garden, restaraunt etcetcetc

But the government can have my bike when they pry it from my cold dead hands, and then they can pay market value to my estate.

[Big Dog]

Originally posted by jrandom
Was that a troll?

Oh well, I'll bite.

Everything *other* than tobacco is already banned. You can't smoke cannabis, you can't use heroin, coke, speed, acid, 'shrooms, you name it.

Since when? I sell lots of coke?

[Nouseforaname]

I smoke.... once the legislation comes into force ill simply go outside and smoke.... not a big deal is it?

The only dumb thing is the fact that the bar owner will cope a fine and not the smoker....... just gives me a chance to go to into every bar ive been kicked out of, light up and it'll cost the owner $4000 or something.

I just really hope they dont enforce it at RSA's..... couldnt stand seeing a whole bunch of elderly hero's standing outside in winter having a smoke

[Jackrat]

Yep smokin,again,Well like I said I smoke,but I don,t smoke in the company of people that don,t.I also drink,but I never drive after drinking,The resent change in smoking law does mean I can on longer smoke in my own home,Being as it,s my work place.
Banning smoking in RSLs seems a bit off considering the Gov,t of the day pushed smoking on young soldiers during both ww1 an 2.
The smoking thing does highlight to me the Gov,ts double standards.I think if they were on the level they would just ban it all togeather.I guess it,s just a matter of which gang makes the money huh.The gov,t via taxes,or the gangs via the black market.
An talking about gangs when is the gov,t going,,,,,,,,,,,Oh damn civil liberties again.
OH no I,m so confused

[wkid_one]

At the end of the day - it is more about protecting the rights of people WORKING in these environments - who have no choice but to inhale the smoke.  As a patron - you can choose to go in to a smoky pub or not - as an employee you don't have this same luxury.

 

[SPman]

Personally, I don't give a shit!

[Drunken Monkey]

Bloody Hell JackRat, I never thought of that...

*stubs out perfectly good Davidoff No. 2*

I work from home too...

*quick look under bed for any devious OSH nazis*

Oh well, at least I can still enjoy walking around my office in my boxers...until the neighbour complains to the local mp...

*takes another sip of single malt*

sigh...

[Coldkiwi]

my 2 cents as a building services engineer:

the RSA excuse is a little shortsighted. Knocking up a ventilated and heated smoking room outside is not exactly rocket science or expensive. make them pay and tax the hell out of cigarettes for the cost on our under funded health system to make up the shortfall from ACC not charging little Timmy playing soccer and little Jane playing netball when they get injured.

 

 

[Jackrat]

Yeah an don,t foget all them bloody bikies too.
Bloody tax on the welfare state that they are,

[Lou Girardin]

I'm waiting to see what happens to the first 'smoking enforcement officer' that goes into a South Auckland bar with his video camera. I hope it's got nice rounded corners.
Lou