DMZ - Smoking ban...?

zap pow · Post by **zap pow** » Fri May 04, 2007 8:05 pm

The Wiggle Baron wrote:
That would be true if it was ever a choice between barman and unemployment. Being a barman is a fairly good job in my opinion, and if you didnt want to do that because of smokiness, then there are PLENTY of other jobs you could be doing. May sound like a bad thing to say, but bin men are PROPER fit...

So basically if you get cancer through passive smoking, it's your own fault.

Sorted.

In fact, while we're at it, I reckon we should repeal all the health and safety legislation which has been passed over the last hundred years because it's all a matter of choice, innit?

If people choose to work with asbestos, or with really dangerous machinery with no protective gear, then that's their problem and their bosses shouldn't get into any trouble - after all, they should've wised up and become fucking bin men, innit?

jim · Post by **jim** » Fri May 04, 2007 8:35 pm

The Wiggle Baron wrote:bin men are PROPER fit...

You fancy binmen? Oo err misses

drbluebeat · Post by **drbluebeat** » Fri May 04, 2007 9:12 pm

zap pow wrote:If people choose to work with asbestos, or with really dangerous machinery with no protective gear, then that's their problem and their bosses shouldn't get into any trouble - after all, they should've wised up and become fucking bin men, innit?

Good thread but the last comment ^^ made me lol my shish kebab all over my keyboard!

Also 50% of your crwod outside smoking cigarettes is bad for all the reasons mentioned but 50% of the crowd sat outside DMZ trying to "quietly" skin up is going to atract some unwanted attention...you can pop out for a straight but you cant really pop out for a spliff unless you are really tucked away.

Chances of a roof terrace at DMZ?

Im goin to Shaka on Sunday - cant imagine what the roots dances will be like after the ban...

4linehaiku · Post by **4linehaiku** » Fri May 04, 2007 9:27 pm

zap pow wrote:If people choose to work with asbestos, or with really dangerous machinery with no protective gear, then that's their problem and their bosses shouldn't get into any trouble - after all, they should've wised up and become fucking bin men, innit?

And about the 'quietly' skinning up outside problem: Just arrive with some pre-rolls, innit.

dublinstep · Post by **dublinstep** » Fri May 04, 2007 9:28 pm

The Wiggle Baron wrote: Being a barman is a fairly good job in my opinion, and if you didnt want to do that because of smokiness, then there are PLENTY of other jobs you could be doing. May sound like a bad thing to say, but bin men are PROPER fit...

Barman is a shit job. A SHIT JOB. I FUCKING HATED IT and coming home reeking of smoke made it ten times worse. I did it for a while because it was the only thing I could get. I dont think its fair to say "if you dont like it, then get a better job" (sounds very Thatcher-esque to me), what if there is nothing open to you, what if you rely on your wage to pay your bills and you cant do without two weeks/months/years wages while "between jobs"?

People should have the right to smoke. People should also have the right not to smoke. I'm all in favour of personal liberty - once that liberty does not encroach on the liberty of others. Passive smoke from other people breaches my liberty to not smoke at my favourite gigs, clubs. You (not you in particular Wiggle Baron, just anyone who's reading) want a smoke? Go outside and do it out there. It'll take you five minutes. You might even meet someone nice with yellow teeth, black lungs and foul breath just like yourself! (joke, relax) You can smoke yourself stupid if you want - I just dont want to have to do something I dont want to do. Please dont force me.

It works fine in San Fran, NYC, and here - long may it continue. You'll be fine.

misk · Post by **misk** » Fri May 04, 2007 9:37 pm

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ahahah! me and my roommate had one of these! their fun, but they can be a bitch to clean! i swear we tried every novelty pipe we ever saw. the best is the fake cigarette lighter.

a n a t o m i s t · Post by **a n a t o m i s t** » Sat May 05, 2007 5:00 am

mornin' / evenin'

maybe a bit of a strange topic to delurk on but.... the whole fkn system of smoking anything is screwed in this country...

I work in a homeless shelter in Cardiff (we've had the smokin ban in Wales for a month or so now) and I can be personaly fined £2,500 for each and every time someone smokes anywhere in the building out side of their rooms. Of course I can ask them to stop and evict them if they don't but jesus I'm not evicting people for a cigarette!

But this is the latest in a long line of ridiculous legislation.... this one is my personal favourite, taken from my induction training:

Question: "I know people inject on site: am I breaking the law?"

Answer: "No, you are not. While you would commit an offence of knowingly allowing cannabis smoking on site (Section 8(d) of the MDA 1971) this section does not apply to the use of other drugs. So while the person injecting heroin is breaking the law by possessing a controlled drug, the person who manages the building is not breaking the law by allowing them to do so."

WTF! smoke a spliff and I'm legally required to get you busted, shoot up and .. well ... nothing .. carry on.

anyway ... hello... from the 'Diff.... bra

cheers
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rudeski damager · Post by **rudeski damager** » Sun May 13, 2007 11:28 pm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4375478.stm

according to this it wont affect DMZ/FWD unless either venue is serving food

pubs and clubs which don't serve food don't have a ban.

another way for FWD to avoid it is to create a "members club"

but this is easy, i dont mean make it so that u have 2 be a memeber paying some monthly fee in advance etc

instead, just add 50P on the door and say that is the cost of membership and do u agree to the membership details

simple

misnomer · Post by **misnomer** » Sun May 13, 2007 11:49 pm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6196910.stm

The previous article was outdated, the ban will affect all pubs and clubs. No way around it with membership either.

a n a t o m i s t · Post by **a n a t o m i s t** » Sun May 13, 2007 11:50 pm

Things have moved on a bit since then..... unfortunately.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6196910.stm

relevant bit:
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The Cabinet originally proposed prohibiting smoking only in pubs serving food, in line with Labour's election manifesto - but MPs eventually backed a total ban in enclosed public spaces in a free vote.

Simon Clark, director of the smokers' lobby group Forest, said that decision had been "draconian".

"From July next year it will not only be illegal to smoke in every pub, club and bar in the country, it will also be impossible to set up a private club run by smokers for smokers," he said.
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*decibella~~ · Post by *decibella~~ » Sun May 13, 2007 11:56 pm

A N A T O M I S T wrote:Things have moved on a bit since then..... unfortunately.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6196910.stm

relevant bit:
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The Cabinet originally proposed prohibiting smoking only in pubs serving food, in line with Labour's election manifesto - but MPs eventually backed a total ban in enclosed public spaces in a free vote.

Simon Clark, director of the smokers' lobby group Forest, said that decision had been "draconian".

"From July next year it will not only be illegal to smoke in every pub, club and bar in the country, it will also be impossible to set up a private club run by smokers for smokers," he said. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

thats PANTS!!

rudeski damager · Post by **rudeski damager** » Mon May 14, 2007 12:13 am

Mannnnnnnnnnn.............

dougd · Post by **dougd** » Mon May 14, 2007 1:00 am

We've had this for a while now in NYC and it sucks. It's sort of fun during the summer (there's a reason they scheduled it to take effect at this time of the year) but when it gets fucking freezing and wet out in the winter, it's very very shit. Furthermore, you won't be able to take a drink out with you, so you have to separate the two activities, which is even worse. House parties & squat parties are the way to go... I wish New York had more of that kind of scene... I loved those when I lived in the UK.

The solution is to allow a venue to be licensed for smoking if it's designed so that the bar is non-smoking and separate from the smoking area. So people could light up in the "dancefloor room" and the employees wouldn't get much passive smoke. However that's far too rational for the nanny-statists.

jim · Post by **jim** » Mon May 14, 2007 1:14 am

DougD wrote:We've had this for a while now in NYC and it sucks. It's sort of fun during the summer (there's a reason they scheduled it to take effect at this time of the year) but when it gets fucking freezing and wet out in the winter, it's very very shit. Furthermore, you won't be able to take a drink out with you, so you have to separate the two activities, which is even worse. House parties & squat parties are the way to go... I wish New York had more of that kind of scene... I loved those when I lived in the UK.

The solution is to allow a venue to be licensed for smoking if it's designed so that the bar is non-smoking and separate from the smoking area. So people could light up in the "dancefloor room" and the employees wouldn't get much passive smoke. However that's far too rational for the nanny-statists.

I don't know a single club where the bar is in a separate room to the dancefloor.

dougd · Post by **dougd** » Mon May 14, 2007 1:22 am

Ya but new ones would then get built that way. And you could re-arrange the setups of some current clubs to move the bar to a different room or whatever. It's not an ideal solution but it's better than a complete ban with no way to compromise.

rudeski damager · Post by **rudeski damager** » Mon May 14, 2007 1:44 am

i dont even care about smoking ciggarettes

1 of the things i enjoy in this life is when i go 2 a rave and smoke a draw while listening 2 music

u cant go outside fwd and smoke, its 2 hot round there...

*decibella~~ · Post by *decibella~~ » Mon May 14, 2007 2:43 am

Rudeski Damager wrote:
1 of the things i enjoy in this life is when i go 2 a rave and smoke a draw while listening 2 music

innit mate, im not a big drinker and prefer to smoke when im out at a dance..... it will be rubbish goin outside to smoke it, rather than chillin with a zoot taking in the beats ....

this ban reminds me of being at school man....having to go outside for a sneaky one, looooooooooooooooooooooooong ting

x x x

electric eliminator · Post by **electric eliminator** » Mon May 14, 2007 3:30 am

jim wrote: I don't know a single club where the bar is in a separate room to the dancefloor.

you wil soon mate

teknics · Post by **teknics** » Mon May 14, 2007 9:48 am

electric eliminator wrote:
jim wrote: I don't know a single club where the bar is in a separate room to the dancefloor.
you wil soon mate

FWD mate. then again, its more like a curtain splitting one room into two.

elgato · Post by **elgato** » Mon May 14, 2007 10:00 am

corsica is like that also

and i wouldnt have thought that places like that will be too strict about it anyways...

im hopeful that informal arrangements will develop with certain venues, and the police will allow them... as is the case now with semi-legal rave venues and class a's

we can only hope!

but im not too sad to see cigarettes go

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