Yoohoo

The money argument can also be used to defend the idea that your freedom is more important than mine if you can pay more for it. If you want to smoke, you are free to do so and pay the taxes on the cigarettes and the fines you cop for breaking the state's rules against smoking. I, too, am free to beat the cr*p out of you for blowing smoke in my face as long as I'm prepared to pay the lawyers and/or the fines that would eventuate.

scrubbedexpat141

You're not though.

You won't be free when you're in prison for assault.

Lots of your arguments make sense but this one is just stupid.

Yoohoo

Hmm...it's unlikely I'd go to prison for that kind of assault and even if I did I could probably pay enough in fines, bribes and lawyers fees to stay out. That was the point I was trying to make.

Freedom always comes at a price.

scrubbedexpat141

What if you were unsuccessful, I accidentally blew smoke away from the person I'm talking to and you happen to be passing at that point...I didn't notice and apolgise to you but you flip out and start trying to 'beat the crap out' of me, but I actually plant a right peachy smacker on your sniffer?

Then a brawl erupts, a couple of your pals, couple of mine, we fight for 6-7 minutes, I emerge victorious but in a show of fighting spirit, pick you up, dust you off and buy you a pint.

The End.

Patsy Stoned

Just play this over and over on local tv channels.

especially the 1 at 05.13.

Boomhauer

This is not about smoking indoors; and your example about blowing smoke into one's face would be a case of the smoker infringing on your rights. Wearing seat belts or helmets isn't infringing on your personal space/rights.

redShark

It seems that I’ve caught your imagination then, Hey!!.. But you are right, I’ve had a few pet names for them, I had ‘the tanned melon’, ‘ the bouncy blond’, ‘the curly mind’, and so on.

To be frank with you, I’ve just lost count of how many times I actually got married!! in each and every time it was she who proposed to me, and ironically it was she who later on dumped me!!!!, the reason in all the cases was the same, ‘he is just a selfish bastard’.. I think they meant I take the duvet cover all to myself when I am in bed!!!!

scrubbedexpat141

Yoohoo

Wearing seat belts or helmets is important not just for the person who is being told by the State they must (for reasons already laid out), but also for their dependents. A baby has no choice but to bear the consequences of the choice of a person who decides not to strap him in - which surely is something we would want the State to become involved with. The State is given authority to protect the helpless and this means your freedom to be a twat to a baby is and should be curtailed.

That same baby must also bear the consequences of its provider dying or becoming disabled and when this happens due to the poor choices made by this provider, the State should be allowed to step in for the same reason I mentioned above.

Exercising one's rights nearly always impacts on others'. The regulation of rights is really what the State is all about.

Bahtatboy

The only caveat being where do you draw the line, but in most cases its bleeding obvious, as in this one.

Boomhauer

Excuse me, that would be "comforter" . Please you the right term or there just might be a drone flying over you.

Patsy Stoned

http://www.diffen.com/difference/Comforter_vs_Duvet

Comforters are typically just another part of a bedding set used in a bedroom. The comforter will normally match the other linens, such as the bed sheets and pillow cases. Comforters will often come in bedding sets that have coordinating separates and make decorating easy. In contrast, duvets do not always match with additional bedding. Duvet covers are generally sold separately from duvets and are best for anyone with a design theme in mind since they require coordinating bed linens.

Bahtatboy

This has got far too flangey.

Patsy Stoned

Same thing...

flangey
Something that is really cool and intricate, compared to everyday things. Flangey is stylish. Flangey is cool. Flangey is showy.

Pronounced flan-gee.
That Ferrari is flangey.

That was a really flangey move.

Bahtatboy

Flangey bollocks more like.