My Forest colleague Neil Rafferty has written THIS article for the Edinburgh Evening News which has sparked quite a lively debate. It is reprinted on The Free Society blog HERE. Comments welcome.
What next? Well as I said to the many non smokers I work with, if you ban smoking, smokers wil smoke less due to lack of facilties, some may even stop - you do realise that the government will want to collect the same amount of tax revenue and you will end up paying it? They laughed then but the truth is many taxes have increased and new ones invented, a good example is the price of alcohol in their smoke free pubs!
Did you really think the government would take a loss?
Welcome to the world of unfair taxation. You have only yourselves to blame.
Sausage eaters. According to Professor Martin Wiseman, one a day can kill you. Therefore a new organisation has been formed, ASH - Action on Sausages & Health
They're going to use the same Smoke & Mirror tactics as the Smoking Ban Experiment to stop us enjoying sausages. We'll now be subject to a campaign of SHS - Second-hand Sausages, anyone eating these in the presence of non-sausage eaters will subject to a £50 on-the-spot fine, with cafe/restaurant owners having to partition their establishments off so that non-sausage eaters are not affected by the SHS - Second-hand Sausages of others.
All stomach ailments will be recorded as sausage related illnesses.
I jest not about Professor Martin Wiseman saying a sausage a day can kill you. So look forward to the SBE - Sausage Ban Experiment.
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Reader Comments (2)
What next? Well as I said to the many non smokers I work with, if you ban smoking, smokers wil smoke less due to lack of facilties, some may even stop - you do realise that the government will want to collect the same amount of tax revenue and you will end up paying it? They laughed then but the truth is many taxes have increased and new ones invented, a good example is the price of alcohol in their smoke free pubs!
Did you really think the government would take a loss?
Welcome to the world of unfair taxation. You have only yourselves to blame.
Carolyn
Sausage eaters. According to Professor Martin Wiseman, one a day can kill you. Therefore a new organisation has been formed, ASH - Action on Sausages & Health
They're going to use the same Smoke & Mirror tactics as the Smoking Ban Experiment to stop us enjoying sausages. We'll now be subject to a campaign of SHS - Second-hand Sausages, anyone eating these in the presence of non-sausage eaters will subject to a £50 on-the-spot fine, with cafe/restaurant owners having to partition their establishments off so that non-sausage eaters are not affected by the SHS - Second-hand Sausages of others.
All stomach ailments will be recorded as sausage related illnesses.
I jest not about Professor Martin Wiseman saying a sausage a day can kill you. So look forward to the SBE - Sausage Ban Experiment.