Mex@feddit.uk to UK Politics@feddit.ukEnglish · 9 months agoGovernment considering banning smoking in UK pub gardens and outdoor restaurantswww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squareWanderer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoThere an element of personal freedom which people find important.
minus-squareciwolsey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoWhen you smoke its not just your own health you ruin. It’s the same selfish thinking antivaxers have.
minus-squarejulietOscarEcho@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoThat’s not a terrible analogy, but doesn’t resounding support a ban. It’s virtually unimaginable (and I suspect more or less legally impossible) that vaccination would be obligatory.
minus-squareTWeaK@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoVaccination in the past has been obligatory, eg for polio.
minus-squarejulietOscarEcho@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoSo has lobotomy for certain mental health patients. What’s your point?
There an element of personal freedom which people find important.
When you smoke its not just your own health you ruin. It’s the same selfish thinking antivaxers have.
That’s not a terrible analogy, but doesn’t resounding support a ban. It’s virtually unimaginable (and I suspect more or less legally impossible) that vaccination would be obligatory.
Vaccination in the past has been obligatory, eg for polio.
So has lobotomy for certain mental health patients. What’s your point?