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a pretty straightforward post:

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UK parliament one step closer to passing landmark smoking ban

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They have to save us from ourselves. We are helpless without them.

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So now "they" and "them" are to refer to our government and not just the UK? That's supposed to be "straightforward"? That's just not a leap I'm willing to make. That doesn't make me "wrong", just unwilling to fall for the catastrophe syndrome.

"OMG, some other government in the world is not willing to protect the rights of its people! We're next!!1!"