# We, the People, are not serious about banning smoking.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-the-people-are-not-serious-about-banning-smoking/287444>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [January 30, 2005, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-the-people-are-not-serious-about-banning-smoking/287444 "2005-01-30T17:12:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-the-people-are-not-serious-about-banning-smoking/287444/81 "2005-02-08T05:00:29Z")

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> [@catsix](#):
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> Lucy’s ideas here are reminding me of that movie _Demolition Man_ that had the future society in which everything that was bad for you (smoking, alcohol, drugs, sex, salt… ) was banned.
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> Only in this version of the movie, there are a whole lot more Dennis Learys saying we like freedom.

I always got more of a kick out of Simon, and absolutely hated “the evil Mr. Rogers”. But yeah, we want our fat juicy steaks and our beer and our freedom to make our own mistakes. Leary’s character stated the point pretty darn good.

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