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Re:Smoking ban for people born after 2008 in the UK agreed by mothballed on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @04:44PM (#47854280)
No, but my point is this argument isn't really consistently applied. The excuse about a law made specifically to apply against people that can't vote is quite popular and accepted. The cockfighting law was cheered by most the mainland US, while Puerto Rico desperately fought against it, though they weren't able to get cert in SCOTUS to challenge it.

There was never really much of any concern of "wait, Puerto Rico has no representation in the law that was essentially drafted to target specifically them." All these people claiming to not support the smoking laws on this kind of basis were nowhere to be found. The law passed like a thief in the night.

Re:Smoking ban for people born after 2008 in the UK agreed by cucumber3732842 on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @07:16PM (#47856102)
I'll happily endorse the idea that double standards and hypocrisy are the true evil if that's what you're getting at.
Re:Smoking ban for people born after 2008 in the UK agreed by mothballed on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @09:27PM (#47857532)
That seems like worth endorsing, along with the notion of disgust for legislating grown non-convicted adults without any representation.