Sunak proposes raising smoking age every year to create 'smoke-free' generation
Sunak proposes raising smoking age every year to create 'smoke-free' generation
Rishi Sunak has proposed raising the smoking age every year in a move welcomed by health charities but criticised by those in the tobacco industry.
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We must save people from themselves! Don't let them make any decisions since they could make bad ones!
I'd be more sympathetic if the harm was self contained. It isn't, so your choices should automatically come with restrictions.
So should we limit how much food one is allowed to buy because it's a drain on the NHS? How about banning alcohol, because alcoholism creates innumerable problems for people other than the alcoholic in question as well? Hell, might as well make them apply for home-cooking licenses so we make sure they don't give their relatives salmonilla this holiday, otherwise how can we know your grandma can trust you to cook for her? Can't trust you OR her to make their own decisions without
daddy'syour figurative abusive husband'sthe government's approval. Cor, blimey!Fuck it, might as well hold people's hands their entire lives, wouldn't want them to make mistakes and possibly even grow and become better people would we? No wouldn't want that, better round down the edges of life until it's barely worth living, that'll do the trick.
Trash take. The "bad decision" in this case is severely detrimental health effects, including painful forms of death, that put a tax burden on the rest of the general public with increased health care costs.
No u. The "bad decision" resulting in "honk and blarg [Variables for generic bullshittery]" is moot, the decision to imbibe in a substance is the decision of the imbiber alone, you are not their daddy, you have no authority to decide what is "in their best interest."
Also, that whole "The NHS is an excuse for the government to further intrude on bodily autonomy, something which they seem more than willing to do with this abortion horseshit, as well as fingerprints not being covered by the 1a, not having the ability to do drugs unapproved by the state (the ones they sell are fine though, want a drink?), etc" thing is something I haven't thought about before. "Higher taxes" is one thing, but tbh I don't want free healthcare that comes at the price of more of my civil liberties.