Andrew Ferrier » smoking http://www.andrewferrier.com/blog Economics; Travel; Film; and Technology. Tue, 06 Sep 2011 09:40:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Standing up to Injustice http://www.andrewferrier.com/blog/2008/12/04/standing-up-to-injustice/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=standing-up-to-injustice http://www.andrewferrier.com/blog/2008/12/04/standing-up-to-injustice/#comments Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:20:31 +0000 andrewferrier http://www.andrewferrier.com/blog/?p=551 Early this year I wrote about how the French were standing up to anti-smoking legislation. The Dutch are now doing the same. I wish the British didn’t roll over so easily.

Forcing pub owners (or anyone else) to enforce your preferences is wrong and a thoroughly illiberal idea. It makes the world more homogenous and less interesting. Don’t stand for it.

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