Department of Big Brother _Is_ Watching -- and taking notes

[jhetley]

Our beloved and forward-thinking City Council has enacted, after debate and with a fair-sized majority, an ordinance making it illegal to smoke in your own car if anyone under 18 is incarcerated therein.

Okay, I don't smoke and I don't have anyone under 18 available to poison anyway, so this doesn't affect me. But the civil rights issue bugs the hell out of me. Next thing, you can't smoke in your own _home_ if you have children?

Plus, they made it a primary offense, which means the cops can stop you on suspicion.

I bet they'd have more positive effect on infant and child mortality by outlawing cell phone use in cars....

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[wolfette]

Next thing, you can't smoke in your own _home_ if you have children?

Oh that will come. A friend I stayed with a few years ago (somewhere near Washington DC - can't remember exactly where she was staying at the time) told me that in her area it was an offence to have a drink (alcohol) in your own house with a child present.

[quilzas.livejournal.com]

< sarcasm > Oh yeah, 'cause watching my dad have a drink of wine or the occasional beer has turned me into such a lush. < /sarcasm >