Thought I'd have a go at this section, hope I've done this in the right place :)
I was a smoker up until my illness, which basically totally dominated my desire to puff away. Right or wrong, I still am of the opinion that there are far more issues that need addressing in society than criminalising smokers. You may have your own views and you are entirely at liberty to have them.
This "Am I being unreasonable" post is however, is about a related matter.
Every day I walk through an underpass and realised that their were no lawful signs forbidding smoking in a public place in an area that was substantially enclosed. The July 2007 legislation expressly defines what is deemed to be "substantially"
In my Local Authority, the Environmental Health Department are entrusted to prosecute.
I called them up and asked them if I found an occasion that was indeed a Breach of the law, would they prosecute? They replied, "Yes, we always prosecute" They asked me where I had noticed the Breach, I told them that it was within their own Subway. They replied that they couldn't possibly "police" a Subway and would therefore do nothing. I advised them, by email, that their only option was to close down all the underpasses or give up policing the legislation.
Is there one law for them, one law for us? Am I being unreasonable to demand that all the underpasses and subways are policed like the rest of us?
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AitchGee · 03/07/2011 11:22
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