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Citizen Contribution: G Mclaren [1995] ZAConAsmRes 896 (20 February 1995)

 

20 February 1 995


ABORTION

We feel the abortion laws should remain as they are. Women should consider the Rights of the foetus to life. Abortion should remain illegal and taxpayers money should never be used to provide abortions.



ANTI-SMOKING

We would like to see smoking forbidden in all public places. Legalise the necessity for restaurants to have non-smoking areas and tax cigarettes, cigars etc more heavily. Smoking on all aeroplane flights should be forbidden.



CAR EXHAUST POLLUTION

We would like to see heavy fines for vehicles which are belching smoke and polluting the air. Factories etc. should be legally obliged to filter their air/effluent.



CHRISTIAN RELIGION

We support prayer and Christian Religious education in schools, Christian programmes on T.V.



TAX ON BOOKS

Please stop taxing imported books so more people can afford to buy books.

ANTI-PORNOGRAPHY

We feel that the possession and trade-in of pornography should remain illegal.

Please legalise that all so called soft pornography magazines have paper over the offending pictures. We have a right not to have to see such matter. Please protect children and teenagers' right to pure minds.



HEALTH CARE

While every citizen has a right to medical care that right should be interpreted to mean the same for all i.e. reducing it to the lowest common denomination. If excellence is to be killed then standards will not be maintained. Off incentive, to health providers is reduced then we'll get a substandard health care replan.


A simplistic approach will lead to a dispirited, disgruntled health provider and consequently an unhappy, unhealthy unproductive patient. therefore a single national health care excluding other present non governmental schemes is not what this country needs.



DEATH PENALTY

Take notice of the majority opinion and desire for the death penalty. Don't allow an elite, high minded clique of lawyers to prescribe to the population what they think is best for them. That is not democracy. They've known best attitude of the Constitutional Lawyers is as appalling as it is patronising.


Therefore please retain the death penalty.



DR AND MRS G MC LAREN