Smokers can be discriminated against in Europe

The European Union has again revealed that a "liberal democracy" can be just as oppressive and discriminatory as governments not pretending toward equality. The High Court has ruled that employers can refuse to hire smokers even if the smoking only takes place in the privacy of their own homes.

Is it the boss's business if you have a cigarette after dinner? After an Irish job ad stipulated that "smokers need not apply," that question was put to the European Commission, which decided that employers refusing to hire smokers do not breach European antidiscrimination laws.

How long until this is extended to the overweight, the religious, etc.?