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Originally Posted by John Connor
Yes, they are. They're telling people what they can and can't do on their own private property.
Nothing was preventing you from starting your own non-smoking pub. Nothing was preventing you from supporting a compromise solution, such as that used in Spain. But no, you have to support a total ban. That's fascism mate, whether you think it is or not.
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If advocating a total ban on something is fascism, then I'm a fascist. Why, I advocate a total ban on many things. Murder, for example. Even when it's done on your own private property. Theft. I don't care where you steal my item from, I still think that you should be banned from doing so. I hope that under this bizarre definition that you have set down, you are also a fascist. Otherwise I would hate to live in your world, where everything is allowed, meaning that nobody has any freedom at all.
Let's be realistic about this. Some things have to be banned. We may disagree on what should and should not be banned, but do we really get anywhere by name calling and affixing hyperbolical labels to things?