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Then it should be fine to ban it, right?

• ponyous 7y ago
  No. Bureaucracy hell is bad as well. The least amount of rules that can keep us on the sane path the better. I'm for ban, but I can't even find any sources saying it had no effect (or the opposite). Anyone can help?
  • swsieber 7y ago
    I'd be fine to wrap it into the existing smoking ban, hopefully resulting in not much more bureaucracy.
• tgsovlerkhgsel 7y ago
  No, the government shouldn't be restricting behavior unless there is a good reason to do so. German constitutional principles only permit restricting basic rights (this seems to affect free speech, at least in its US definition) if it is "proportional" (verhältnismäßig) - restricting only what is absolutely necessary to reach a legitimate goal. More specifically, it has to be suitable, necessary, and appropriate/non-excessive ("geeignet, erforderlich und angemessen"). A law that doesn't achieve the stated goal would fail the "suitable" test.