Let's look at the smoking bans real quick. It got ridiculous and this could too.
It started with banning smoking on planes, then in theaters and then it spread to private business (even in bars) and from there to public (as in tax payer funded) areas. They raised taxes for smokers while at the same time telling them they could not smoke in tax payer funded areas. The hate for smokers grew to a point where even smokers hated themselves, a very unhealthy view to have of oneself.
Today I look outside and see people leaving their own home to go outside in a blizzard to smoke because they were conditioned to believe that smoking is so dangerous, that they shouldn't smoke anywhere but outside. They have been defeated, completely. Sooner or later cigarettes will be completely banned (or so expensive that only the rich can afford them) because so many people whined and complained and eventually got their way.
Will we see kids banned almost everywhere? Will parents be taxed more via the cost of diapers or some other kid only products? Will people be conditioned to believe that having kids should be a punishable offense? Will it reduce birth rates to a dangerous point? Sounds ridiculous doesn't it?
Well, when the smoking bans first began, I remember people speaking of the reality today and being told they were on a slippery slope. I say the next witchhunt has begun and with alot of support from non parents.
It started with banning smoking on planes, then in theaters and then it spread to private business (even in bars) and from there to public (as in tax payer funded) areas. They raised taxes for smokers while at the same time telling them they could not smoke in tax payer funded areas. The hate for smokers grew to a point where even smokers hated themselves, a very unhealthy view to have of oneself.
Today I look outside and see people leaving their own home to go outside in a blizzard to smoke because they were conditioned to believe that smoking is so dangerous, that they shouldn't smoke anywhere but outside. They have been defeated, completely. Sooner or later cigarettes will be completely banned (or so expensive that only the rich can afford them) because so many people whined and complained and eventually got their way.
Will we see kids banned almost everywhere? Will parents be taxed more via the cost of diapers or some other kid only products? Will people be conditioned to believe that having kids should be a punishable offense? Will it reduce birth rates to a dangerous point? Sounds ridiculous doesn't it?
Well, when the smoking bans first began, I remember people speaking of the reality today and being told they were on a slippery slope. I say the next witchhunt has begun and with alot of support from non parents.