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  • _Mantissa@lemmy.worldtoWorld News@lemmy.world•Sunak proposes raising smoking age every year to create 'smoke-free' generationEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’d maybe even add a ban for in-home use around children under a child abuse clause. Very hard to enforce of course but I can think of some meaningful ways to make it not worth the risk for most people.

    I’m also quite biased in the opposite direction. I just quit (4 months) vaping and have had some strong opinions that my own stupid choices should be mine alone. I draw a hard line when my choices become your consequences.

    But frankly, us both being biased in opposite directions and still agreeing on potentially meaningful bans just tells me that it should be easier to get done in a way that might actually be effective.

    One thing that concerns me is how a ban might impact the homeless population. It’s already basically illegal to be homeless in many places and the rates of smokers among the homeless is probably significantly higher. It could end up being yet another thing enforcement uses to harass people.

  • _Mantissa@lemmy.worldtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•Do you pirate? And do you justify pirating? i.e., what is your piracy philosophy?
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    1 year ago

    My philosophy is that it’s wrong to assume that I am entitled to anything that I didn’t pay for or create. It’s also wrong to eat meat but I still enjoy a good burger. My philosophy is that instead of bending over backwards to make whatever you do the “right” thing, you should simply acknowledge that you are not a wholly good entity. For as long as burgers remain accessible and tasty and the suffering of animals is out my sight, it’s going to remain worth it to me to accept that a little part of me is kind of shitty. For as long as the value (ux, price, accessibility, catalogue variety, longevity) heavily favors piracy, I will support my friend that pirates (not me ofc). It doesn’t bother me one bit if you steal from Walmart, but don’t pretend that just because they are a megacorp that you have no moral responsibility for actual theft. It’s diminished, but it’s still there. You still did a bad thing. And I support you if you want to say “so what, I don’t care about them. They are greedy and they have enough.” but I get really irritated by people who think “there’s essentially no difference… they don’t even notice… it’s just a statistic” stop trying to make yourself feel better. By lying to yourself you permanently degrade your own moral judgement and if that’s an opinion you willingly share with others then you become very easy to identify as someone with compromised morals. Just my two cents as someone with pirate friends (never me I pinky promise).