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September 24, 2004
Personal message to Sandra White MSP
Edinburgh
24 September 2004
Dear Sandra,
I understand that you voted against the SNP conference motion for a public smoking ban. According to the BBC, you said “the party of independence should not be restricting personal freedoms”. Did they report you accurately? They say you are a smoker.
Actually, this looks pretty bad. An SNP MSP - who should be a community role model - in denial over smoking! Oh dear!
My understanding is that the SNP support personal freedoms that do not harm other people. They don’t support those that are harmful, such as possessing guns, drunk driving, polluting, crime etc. Isn’t that right?
Sandra, let’s think about this . . . if you come into a restaurant just after me, sit down at the next table and lite up, I am going to be forced to share your smoke. This is a form of physical assault. It may be slow and insidious, rather than blatant and aggressive, but it is still a form of assault.
You are a community figure. Doesn’t that mean you try to exemplify positive social values and deplore anti-social behaviour?
Maybe you’d like to think about this? Perhaps write back?
Looking forward to hearing from you!
All the best,
Simon
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3686798.stm
Posted by Simon Holledge at September 24, 2004 07:00 PM