• surph_ninja@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    I feel like every law I see coming out of Australia is just telling their citizens they’re not allowed to do something else mundane. All while the government services get worse, and the corrupt become more entrenched.

    What a shithole.

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      6 hours ago

      Like what?

      Often the things that seem mundane actually aren’t

      Like vaping is just tobacco 2.0… and we don’t need everyone to have easy access to guns (especially not kids). Networks like Facebook are so unmoderated at the moment they should be held to account.

      Asbestos and engineered stone? Enough said

      And that’s mainly everything I can think of that’s banned that I can think of…

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        Like vaping is just tobacco 2.0

        What is this, govern me like a strict old nan?

        Is dancing allowed down there as well or is it a gateway to thievery or something?

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          The vaping industry likes to argue that they are safer than other tobacco products, and don’t deserve to be regulated the same way, but the evidence suggests otherwise. It’s a fine example of why we should be happy that regulations exist at all.

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            No part of my argument had anything to do with safety or health.

            A person’s autonomy is their business. Leave them well alone. Their life, their path.

            Or I guess alcohol doesn’t have a purpose then, and we can get rid of it too?

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              Everyone is really concerned, GHiLA. We think you might have an addiction. But we’re here to help. Please remember the bans are only for under 18s. You have to remember. Look at your wife, she’s dying of… asphyxiation or something. Because you keep hotboxing the bedroom.

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          For real. A whole fucking country infantilizing themselves. Pathetic to see bootlicking at this level.

          And it’s not even a good government. I guess I could empathize, if the government was not corrupt and delivering fantastic quality services. But they’re shitting on these people, and telling them to say thank you for it.