what do you think should be banned??!! (gallon, suspect, free speech)

[Mooseketeer]

Any kind of adverts. My life would all of a sudden feel sunnier.

Bad manners, rudeness, the use mobile phones in public spaces , smoking in public spaces, animal testing on cosmetics, child labour and labour exploitation, elevator music, so many things our world could benefit from having disappear overnight...

[robertjohnson]

Originally Posted by ttz

1. Tobacco products. They are addictive and they kill.
2. Texting, putting on makeup, eating and smoking a cigarette while driving

I do not feel that alcohol or caffeine should be illegal as they are not as addictive as nicotine and, if done in moderation, are not that addictive/bad for you. ie a drinking wine or a beer or coffee a day is not going to kill you. Having a few cigarettes each day will!

Weak rationalizations should be banned.

[jtur88]

Originally Posted by robertjohnson

Weak rationalizations should be banned.

So should responses to prior posts which do not make any point that a reasonable reader can associate with that prior post.

[cruxan]

Originally Posted by Reelist in Atlanta

Here's the one thing. What else should be banned while driving? Maybe we should have a law making it illegal to drive blind folded. That's got to be worse than texting. Sound ridiculous? Yup.

The one thing is . . . it's already illegal to drive while not paying attention to your driving. Do we really have to spell out all the ways of not paying attention? How about playing with a game boy?

If you are not paying attention while driving you can be ticketed! It's illegal! I don't care what you are doing. Having a list of things that you cannot do while driving because they are distracting implies that it's ok to be distracted as long as you are not doing anything that appears on the list.

- Reel

reel you say!!! some things are worse than others!!! if you were playing russian roulett would you rather one bullet in a 6 chamber gun or 5 bullets thats the way it is with multi tasking!!!>>> and can be proven by doing simple studies. certain things are way more distracting than others!!! and i already gave reasons why texting while driving should be banned. use a hands free cell phone insted, dosen't take a brain scientist to figure that one out gosh!!

but i forgot they have test for IQ>>>> but don't have one for common sence.

i went out with a girl that worked in a law office and ya she was pretty smart.. but when it came to common sense she was seriously lacking in that department

[desertsun41]

Ban and abolish the 2 party system.
Ban and abolish Lobbiests.
Ban the Dictator Bush (and his crime family) from ever being free again.
Ban pigs from doing radar.
Ban pigs from patroning Dunkin Donuts.
Ban smoking from our society for good.
Ban and abolish the IRS
Ban this political correctness crap.
Ban and execute pigs and politicians who violate our constitutional rights.

[contachster]

Originally Posted by Greatday

Nothing

I am not a big fan of social engineering -

I concur. Any food or drug should have all the ingredients listed and let the individual make their own informed decision. Personal liberty is sacred to me and I think I should legally be able to ingest anything I want to. Your social engineering comment is right on time. Why are some extremely dangerous substances legal (tobacco, benzodiazepines, alcohol, food preservatives etc.) but innocuous ones like cannibas prohibited? The government should let a person make their own choices concerning what they ingest.

[contachster]

Originally Posted by cruxan

reel you say!!! some things are worse than others!!! if you were playing russian roulett would you rather one bullet in a 6 chamber gun or 5 bullets thats the way it is with multi tasking!!!>>> and can be proven by doing simple studies. certain things are way more distracting than others!!! and i already gave reasons why texting while driving should be banned. use a hands free cell phone insted, dosen't take a brain scientist to figure that one out gosh!!

but i forgot they have test for IQ>>>> but don't have one for common sence.

i went out with a girl that worked in a law office and ya she was pretty smart.. but when it came to common sense she was seriously lacking in that department

Ban people from posting who don't use SPELLCHECK.

[cruxan]

Originally Posted by desertsun41

Ban and abolish the 2 party system.
Ban and abolish Lobbiests.
Ban the Dictator Bush (and his crime family) from ever being free again.
Ban pigs from doing radar.
Ban pigs from patroning Dunkin Donuts.
Ban smoking from our society for good.
Ban and abolish the IRS
Ban this political correctness crap.
Ban and execute pigs and politicians who violate our constitutional rights.

you left out drinking alcohol and drugs, don't just pick on cigaretts i smoke but rarely drink alcohol and if i had a choice i would rather alcohol be banned than cigarettes. my opinion of course

[cruxan]

Originally Posted by contachster

Ban people from posting who don't use SPELLCHECK.

spell check is a cop out!! look up the words if you don't know how to spell them. it's a forum not a front page newspaper artical

[elamigo]

I believe things that can be banned are those that are a threat to others. Granted there is a very gray area there and it is open for so much debate.

Alcohol? No, even though I do not drink, it is something that will be futile to ban, prohibition showed that and is an example of trying to moderate behavior. It would be a waste of money and resource to enforce.

Texting while driving? I am for that. I understand that texting studies do show the same results of a drunk person on the wheel with the same consequences. That is a safety issue. You can drink responsibly and so with texting. Both can be very damaging while driving.

I still need to see more on talking on the phone while driving with the phone being held by the hand.

You have a great day.
El Amigo