tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post1680671660199177643..comments2023-09-24T01:25:13.638-07:00Comments on Witterings from Witney: An idea that just might not go up in smoke?WitteringsfromWitneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-77311857129347726972011-01-08T08:24:16.066-08:002011-01-08T08:24:16.066-08:00Woodsy42: I know but what is needed is what I sugg...Woodsy42: I know but what is needed is what I suggest. Wont happen though cause no one can be arsed - except to sit on it and complain!WitteringsfromWitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-40758077697715742012011-01-08T08:17:56.016-08:002011-01-08T08:17:56.016-08:00This is why fixed penalties were so clever. In old...This is why fixed penalties were so clever. In olden days a few public 'arenas' filled with hundreds of smokers would have been impossible to contain.<br />Now its a game of bluff, with them counting on the fact that fixed penalties would not clog the system and that smokers are reasonable and would not want responsibility for some poor bugger who owned the building who would get shafted even if they were not involved.Woodsy42https://www.blogger.com/profile/12355671210161625647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-55744662984437988312011-01-06T12:17:48.581-08:002011-01-06T12:17:48.581-08:00That's why they pick on smokers - because smok...That's why they pick on smokers - because smokers are by and large very law abiding people. We simply glumly obeyed the smoking ban, didn't we?<br /><br />Now, apply the same logic to the burka ban...Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.com