Which is freer, Waynesville or Baghdad?

Waynesville:

The owners of a downtown Waynesville fitness center have removed unauthorized “no parking” signs on their building, Police Chief Don McCulloch reported at the Oct. 4 Waynesville Police Committee meeting.

Those signs had prompted discussion at last month’s police committee meeting on whether people could post signs on private property that appeared to be ban parking on a city street, but had no city ordinance backing them up.

Baghdad:

An Interior Ministry official says Baghdad police have been instructed to ban streetside parking in the capital as Sunnis start marking the holiday that ends the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Health Nazis go after Secondhand Drool.

I told you; I told you! But did you listen? Noooooo! They're not even DONE with smoking yet, and they're already working on the next project:

[Arkansas State] Rep. Pam Adcock said she will propose next week a ban on
chewing tobacco from that chamber's floors or committee rooms. Adcock
contemplated seeking the ban during a committee meeting earlier this year and
said she would push for a state law in the 2009 session banning chewing tobacco
throughout the Capitol.

What's next? Secondhand popcorn smell? (Oh, wait; they're already on that one.)

Secondhand cola fizz? Secondhand tea aroma? Secondhand coffee stains?

I hate the Health Nazis.

Question for Robert Blaisdell of Nashua NH:

If you believe that a laissez-faire attitude is something that people endure, rather than enjoy, why then do you continue to live in a place that bills itself as the Live Free or Die state?

But I thought . . .

. . . helmets prevented head injuries.

Wastak was wearing a helmet but he died of severe head injuries.