Europeans chafe under New Year 'nanny state' laws

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Europeans chafe under New Year 'nanny state' laws

Jan 3 12:57 AM US/Eastern

South Africa Bans Smoking Along With Germany, France

Europe started 2008 with a raft of new laws against smoking, air pollution and even junk food adverts, but some grumbled that the New Year's resolutions from the "nanny state" cramped their style.
Germany, France and Portugal joined many of their neighbours with anti-smoking bans in bars, restaurants and cafes from January 1, lifting the grey haze that was part of their romantic atmosphere for more than a century.

In car-crazy Germany, drivers in major cities including the capital Berlin faced restrictions barring smog-producing vehicles from their centres while the northern Italian city of Milan imposed tolls on the heaviest polluters.

And Britain cracked down on television commercials for food and drink products heavy in fat, salt and sugar that target children under the age of 16 in a bid to curb obesity.

While many accepted the new rules as reasonable measures in the name of public health, some bristled at what they called the state's overreach and the creeping end of the European way of life.

at things like no-smoking laws.

But I'm sure that the non-smoking majority supports them, as they do here.

booze adverts...

Before people were told how to live.

Fuck freedom. You'll live longer.

And who needs be in Russia? In a nanny state, freedom fucks you. :(

why else were "After dinner mints" invented?





They were, after all, the same flavor...

In fact I like being able to enjoy a meal or board a plane without having to deal with obnoxious smoke.

And with respect to smog and cars- bully on getting them out of city centers and making them more bike and pedestrian friendly. More walkable communities are one reason why in Europe, you don't see obesity everywhere you go, as you do in the states.

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everywhere you go...oh the humanity. :eyes:

be allowed to advertise their blimpy burgers, but require some truth in advertising. How about requiring a hugely super sized, obese person be shown downing a double, double cheeseburger. That is fair.