Re:Smoking ban for people born after 2008 in the UK agreed
by mothballed on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @03:19PM
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If you check it the other way around, you'll get consistency. Almost everyone that is against taxation is also against restrictions on consuming drink.
If you ask an addict then yeah you'll get some gibberish that enables them whether it fits into a logical paradigm or not.
Re:Smoking ban for people born after 2008 in the UK agreed
by brokenmachine on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @11:54PM
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I think it's also because a lot of people act like laws are passed down by god, immutable.
Reminder that slavery was legal.
You tell them it's against the law to drink, and they'll point out that it's restrictive and controlling. You tell them it's against the law to commit tax fraud, and they'll have no objection.
Why? I think, at least with the people that I know, it's related to what they want to be able to do. They want to be able to drink alcohol, so it feels controlling to tell them they can't. They aren't interested in committing tax fraud, so they're not bothered by that being restricted.