Comments on: What’s the difference between smoking in a car and in a house? http://www.yashvinblogs.com/whats-the-difference-between-smoking-in-a-car-and-in-a-house/ Its all about me and my life... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anikkahttp://www.yashvinblogs.com/whats-the-difference-between-smoking-in-a-car-and-in-a-house/#comment-31624 Anikka Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:59:55 +0000 http://www.yashvinblogs.com/?p=1911#comment-31624 They want your money said: "...Genetically Modified Food which have been proved by compelling evidence to cause cancer and many other health problems. Why consumers are kept in the dark about GMO?" Could you shed light on that, then, please? They want your money said: “…Genetically Modified Food which have been proved by compelling evidence to cause cancer and many other health problems.
Why consumers are kept in the dark about GMO?”

Could you shed light on that, then, please?

]]> By: They want your moneyhttp://www.yashvinblogs.com/whats-the-difference-between-smoking-in-a-car-and-in-a-house/#comment-31408 They want your money Sat, 14 Mar 2009 09:15:11 +0000 http://www.yashvinblogs.com/?p=1911#comment-31408 I don`t know how many more years will it take to get the general population understand that these rules are NOT set for your own good. The Elites don`t even care about you dying of lung cancer because they are the same bunch of criminals who have approved Genetically Modified Food which have been proved by compelling evidence to cause cancer and many other health problems. Why consumers are kept in the dark about GMO? I don`t know how many more years will it take to get the general population understand that these rules are NOT set for your own good. The Elites don`t even care about you dying of lung cancer because they are the same bunch of criminals who have approved Genetically Modified Food which have been proved by compelling evidence to cause cancer and many other health problems.
Why consumers are kept in the dark about GMO?

]]> By: bhoothttp://www.yashvinblogs.com/whats-the-difference-between-smoking-in-a-car-and-in-a-house/#comment-31330 bhoot Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:03:09 +0000 http://www.yashvinblogs.com/?p=1911#comment-31330 Thanks for clearing this out Anikka. Much appreciated. Thanks for clearing this out Anikka. Much appreciated.

]]> By: Anikkahttp://www.yashvinblogs.com/whats-the-difference-between-smoking-in-a-car-and-in-a-house/#comment-31312 Anikka Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:49:29 +0000 http://www.yashvinblogs.com/?p=1911#comment-31312 Bhoot: a qui le dis-tu! Am a second-year LLB student! :) I know its the common perception that whatever lawyers say, that's what the Court believes, but its not necessarily the case, you know! I've read countless cases where the Court rejects Counsel's argument as being weak or not in line with what the legislator intended. Courts and lawyers alike use rules of statutory interpretation and judicial precedents as well as doctrine to gauge the meaning of a particular disposition in a piece of legislation. The question of the Court being misled by a lawyer's erroneous interpretation of a law simply does not arise! (though Magistrates of the lower Courts have been known to have taken decisions that were wrong in law, but fortunately the Supreme Court and the JCPC are here to make things right!) If i've learned one thing from my course, its that what makes a good lawyer is his ability to make the situation fall "in" the law, or "out" of it. For example, someone has been caught smoking somewhere that the State deemed to be public, and Counsel for the defence has to prove that that particular place was not a public place. Or, a divorce has been pronounced and the wife is seeking alimony, and Counsel for the respondent has to prove that the wife is not "in need" of the alimony because she already has a source of income that provides her with sufficient means for her upkeep. Its not lying through your teeth, its juggling with the provisions of the law, and that makes all the difference! Bhoot: a qui le dis-tu! Am a second-year LLB student! :) I know its the common perception that whatever lawyers say, that’s what the Court believes, but its not necessarily the case, you know! I’ve read countless cases where the Court rejects Counsel’s argument as being weak or not in line with what the legislator intended. Courts and lawyers alike use rules of statutory interpretation and judicial precedents as well as doctrine to gauge the meaning of a particular disposition in a piece of legislation. The question of the Court being misled by a lawyer’s erroneous interpretation of a law simply does not arise! (though Magistrates of the lower Courts have been known to have taken decisions that were wrong in law, but fortunately the Supreme Court and the JCPC are here to make things right!)

If i’ve learned one thing from my course, its that what makes a good lawyer is his ability to make the situation fall “in” the law, or “out” of it. For example, someone has been caught smoking somewhere that the State deemed to be public, and Counsel for the defence has to prove that that particular place was not a public place. Or, a divorce has been pronounced and the wife is seeking alimony, and Counsel for the respondent has to prove that the wife is not “in need” of the alimony because she already has a source of income that provides her with sufficient means for her upkeep.

Its not lying through your teeth, its juggling with the provisions of the law, and that makes all the difference!

]]> By: bhoothttp://www.yashvinblogs.com/whats-the-difference-between-smoking-in-a-car-and-in-a-house/#comment-31257 bhoot Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:54:48 +0000 http://www.yashvinblogs.com/?p=1911#comment-31257 Anikka, it's not the Court that interpretes laws in Mauritius. It's the lawyers here. The judiciary system here is the kind where debates and arguments by the lawyers hold more value than the intended words written in the concerned act of law. In other words, if your lawyer is better than the other party, you'll win the case! Better in interpreting/misinterpreting and debating i.e. But right that laws are not made to please everyone... Anikka, it’s not the Court that interpretes laws in Mauritius. It’s the lawyers here. The judiciary system here is the kind where debates and arguments by the lawyers hold more value than the intended words written in the concerned act of law.

In other words, if your lawyer is better than the other party, you’ll win the case! Better in interpreting/misinterpreting and debating i.e.

But right that laws are not made to please everyone…

]]> By: Anikkahttp://www.yashvinblogs.com/whats-the-difference-between-smoking-in-a-car-and-in-a-house/#comment-31208 Anikka Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:19:34 +0000 http://www.yashvinblogs.com/?p=1911#comment-31208 One more thing: "strangers" here has the meaning "not a family member", that is someone who doesnt have the authority to tell you to stop smoking. Its better to have a law to cater for that, rather than having to rely on the smoker's courtesy. One more thing: “strangers” here has the meaning “not a family member”, that is someone who doesnt have the authority to tell you to stop smoking. Its better to have a law to cater for that, rather than having to rely on the smoker’s courtesy.

]]> By: Anikkahttp://www.yashvinblogs.com/whats-the-difference-between-smoking-in-a-car-and-in-a-house/#comment-31207 Anikka Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:16:11 +0000 http://www.yashvinblogs.com/?p=1911#comment-31207 Vicks, if Parliament had to pass a law about you smoking in a car with your brother, then another law for smoking in a car with your mother, then another for smoking in a car with your neighbour, then another for smoking in a car with your friend, then we'd never finish! This is why you have to INTERPRETE the law; it is written in such a way as to apply to everyone, and you have to see if it applies to you. If you want to see what happens when you smoke in your car with your brother, go ahead and do it. If you're caught at it, then there'll be a court case (coz am sure you wont pay the fine, being convinced that you're right). Then the Court will give its decision, it'll become a precedent and everyone will know after that who to smoke with and who not to! I might sound cynical, but the Courts really will help to shed light on those obscure bits of the law. And will all you people out there stop acting like every law needs to be perfect? They dont need to be, and they cant be, if they are to apply to everyone. You cannot please everyone, and those who are displeased can go to Court, by all means! Vicks, if Parliament had to pass a law about you smoking in a car with your brother, then another law for smoking in a car with your mother, then another for smoking in a car with your neighbour, then another for smoking in a car with your friend, then we’d never finish!

This is why you have to INTERPRETE the law; it is written in such a way as to apply to everyone, and you have to see if it applies to you.

If you want to see what happens when you smoke in your car with your brother, go ahead and do it. If you’re caught at it, then there’ll be a court case (coz am sure you wont pay the fine, being convinced that you’re right). Then the Court will give its decision, it’ll become a precedent and everyone will know after that who to smoke with and who not to!

I might sound cynical, but the Courts really will help to shed light on those obscure bits of the law. And will all you people out there stop acting like every law needs to be perfect? They dont need to be, and they cant be, if they are to apply to everyone. You cannot please everyone, and those who are displeased can go to Court, by all means!

]]> By: Bernardohttp://www.yashvinblogs.com/whats-the-difference-between-smoking-in-a-car-and-in-a-house/#comment-31202 Bernardo Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:57:45 +0000 http://www.yashvinblogs.com/?p=1911#comment-31202 Please read... it will save some of us from wasting energy arguing .. BBC News UK: Call to ban smoking while driving (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6652787.stm) New York Times: Maine City Bans Smoking in Cars With Children (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/19/us/19smoking.html) Medical News Today: Driving While Smoking Banned For New Delhi (http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/66594.php) This law is meant to protect innocent non-smokers... SCENARIO A: A driver can smoke right next to your kid/little brother/little sister in a car and she/he, being a child, won't argue about it... Now this law protects them. SCENARIO B: If you smoke in your house, my children/nieces/nephews/sister/brother don't SEE you smoking nor smells your cigarette smoke when you open your window. If you smoke in your car, he might just (a) see you and get slowly influenced to do the same (b) smell your foul smoke while passing by SCENARIO C: You're driving in your car, window open... breathing fresh air.. then suddenly a cigarette butt comes flying in your direction... from the smoker in the car in front... ....It's human nature to resist change.... Please read… it will save some of us from wasting energy arguing ..

BBC News UK: Call to ban smoking while driving
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6652787.stm)

New York Times: Maine City Bans Smoking in Cars With Children
(http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/19/us/19smoking.html)

Medical News Today: Driving While Smoking Banned For New Delhi
(http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/66594.php)

This law is meant to protect innocent non-smokers…

SCENARIO A:
A driver can smoke right next to your kid/little brother/little sister in a car and she/he, being a child, won’t argue about it… Now this law protects them.

SCENARIO B:
If you smoke in your house, my children/nieces/nephews/sister/brother don’t SEE you smoking nor smells your cigarette smoke when you open your window.
If you smoke in your car, he might just
(a) see you and get slowly influenced to do the same
(b) smell your foul smoke while passing by

SCENARIO C:
You’re driving in your car, window open… breathing fresh air.. then suddenly a cigarette butt comes flying in your direction… from the smoker in the car in front…

….It’s human nature to resist change….

]]> By: Anikkahttp://www.yashvinblogs.com/whats-the-difference-between-smoking-in-a-car-and-in-a-house/#comment-31201 Anikka Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:50:23 +0000 http://www.yashvinblogs.com/?p=1911#comment-31201 Yashvin(author): "Thanks for ur participation, I think its the first time?" Yap, its the first time am posting, but i've been here once or twice, when an interesting topic comes up! "lol, do you travel with strangers?" Jeez, no! Not in my private car! And anyway, I'm nearly married! :D This topic concerns me, you see, coz my better half smokes. He's on the way to quitting now, smokes only 2-1.5 cigarettes per day (I take all the credit!) Yashvin(author): “Thanks for ur participation, I think its the first time?”

Yap, its the first time am posting, but i’ve been here once or twice, when an interesting topic comes up!

“lol, do you travel with strangers?”

Jeez, no! Not in my private car! And anyway, I’m nearly married! :D This topic concerns me, you see, coz my better half smokes. He’s on the way to quitting now, smokes only 2-1.5 cigarettes per day (I take all the credit!)

]]> By: vickshttp://www.yashvinblogs.com/whats-the-difference-between-smoking-in-a-car-and-in-a-house/#comment-31197 vicks Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:18:34 +0000 http://www.yashvinblogs.com/?p=1911#comment-31197 loi pas ti pe vine plus severe mo penC.. li ti deja bon.. ziste ti bizin applik li.. ena kikun kine dire ki pas cpave fumE with strangers in my car?? what the hell will strangers do in my call?? mo pas fer taxi marron moi!! what about if my brother is in my car? can i smoke then?? loi pas ti pe vine plus severe mo penC.. li ti deja bon.. ziste ti bizin applik li..

ena kikun kine dire ki pas cpave fumE with strangers in my car??
what the hell will strangers do in my call?? mo pas fer taxi marron moi!!

what about if my brother is in my car? can i smoke then??

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