nico-t

the thing about goverments is that there will never be less rules and regulations, but more, more, more. It doesn't matter what the new rules are, it is almost always another breach in our freedom. Whether you agree with the rule or not is not the point: No rule is always better if you value your personal freedom, like you should.

The newest rule here in the Netherlands i noticed was yesterday. I was smoking a cigarette, watching a movie, just relaxing in my private life. It went out by itself in my hand. I thought huh? So a while later i smoked another one, same thing happened. Then i came to the conclusion it are crappy 'fire safe' cigarettes. I felt kind of betrayed, again, by the goddamn government. Just checked some news sites and yep, the EU pushed this down our throats without asking any of the people, like always. By november this year, every cigarette must be 'fire safe' so it is slowly being enrolled now.

The EU thinks of something, and the dutch government says, ofcourse, yes to everything, because our government is amongst the most spineless, sneaky and greedy governments in the world.

What is the problem here? Democracy and the voice of the people are completely skipped. The people only notice the change in a news article or when experiencing that new rule, like i did with this one. In both cases, it is too late because the new rule is already in effect.