International Smokers Day.

With the imminent introduction of only one area for smoking in pubs and clubs, I would like to gather all my smoking brothers and sisters together for a protest against the blatant discrimination of our people.

I say on the 3rd of July ( when most of these rules come into effect ), at 11am, all the smokers in the world go outside and stand in the middle of the road ( where we one day will have to smoke when they ban smoking on the sidewalk ) and light up. the protest will last roughly 5 - 10 minutes.

This has potential, get a group of friends together and make an occasion of it, no need to stand take a chair or two, perhaps a coffee or tea. A busy intersection, a sleepy suburban street or outside a government building.

So lets all take a stand on International Smokers Day !!!!!!!!!!

Downfall of civilisation alert - There is hope!

Speed limits banned to keep drivers alive
From correspondents in Rio de Janeiro28-06-2005
From: Reuters

RIO de Janeiro legislators have voted to end enforcement of speed limits in parts of the crime-plagued city at night to try to cut down on attacks on slow-moving cars.The city's legislative assembly passed a bill on Thursday to turn off cameras used to enforce speed limits of 40 km/h in accident-prone points of the seaside city.
It was unclear whether Mayor Cesar Maia would approve the legislation, which is necessary for it to go into effect. He argues that most accidents occur during the night.
Many drivers already ignore traffic signals late at night for fear of being robbed or killed in a carjackings. The city has one of the world's highest murder rates.
Rio's beleaguered population, frustrated by police inefficiency, is resorting to inventive ways to fight crime.