YOURSAY | ‘Why the need to empathise with those who don't want to take care of themselves?’
The government cannot have it both ways – the Health Department and Malaysia Medical Association has stated one thing and legislation has been enacted , but now Local Government and Housing Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin wants to “empathise” with smokers and give them a designated area to allow them to continue their habit.
The main goal is to separate smokers from the general public. Do this in whatever manner and I'll support it. And ban motorcycles too because most fatalities are of those who ride it. And ban drinking - also bad for health and can cause accidents.Ban sugar as well. Sugar seems to have developed a reputation as the big bad wolf in relation to health.reported on numerous studies associating sugar intake with increased aging, cardiovascular disease, obesity and even cancer.I think this is a fair statement by Zuraida.
Yet, one has a choice whether one wants to be within the vicinity or ban all open sources of these. Surely, the hawkers will agree to this. Especially the makcik who sells pisang goreng .Life means choosing your poisons. I think that is a fancy way of saying that life is a risk, and risk is inherent in life.
How long before something you do is singled out by the health fascists? The cigarette may be an unfortunate symbol of today's struggle for freedom, but those of us who value liberty over security, and even over health, must now rally round it.The whole idea behind setting up smoking rooms, huts, etc, has always been to safeguard the non-smokers from the pollution of cigarette smoke and the hazard it poses to the general population.
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