Suggestions in UK government offices of introducing a 10 pound ($20) yearly smoking permit bring back flashes of 1984. Honestly words fail me, for the country where I left a big chunk of my heart churns out more and more nonsensical news by the day. Read the story here.
To add insult to injury, the responsible individuals also plan for it to deter smokers on the grounds that 70% of them want to stop smoking anyway and filling out a very complex form will deter them even further. Not only the government infringes on your personal liberty, it also brags about how complex it will be for you to exercise it and how you really WANT your liberty abolished.
Is this really what Britons want? Or it is just people's complacency that allows state officials to get away with such drivel?
1 comment:
It's not at all what people want, even non-smokers like myself think of it as ridiculous. Personally, I think that if you start smoking you do it on your own, so why the need to rely on others to quit? Especially the government!
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