[Mpls] Free Markets 101 - Mayor Rybak is correct

[Greg Abbott]

On Jun 14, 2004, at 6:23 AM, Victoria Heller wrote:

> Lesson One:  People will do what they want to do - whether you like it 
> or
> not.
>
> Have you ever seen a billboard for crack?
> Have you ever seen a magazine ad for marijuana?
> Have you ever seen a direct mail piece for meth?

You're mixing apples and oranges -- the question is not whether smoking 
is permitted, but **where** smoking should be permitted.  Eating lunch, 
for example, is perfectly legal, but if I try to eat lunch in R.T.'s 
office I'm sure a police officer will escort me out of the building.

Turn the question around -- since these laws are so ineffective, 
perhaps we should legalize crack or meth use in bars and restaurants, 
in order to help small businesses and the city's convention business.

No?  I didn't think so.

Greg Abbott
13th Ward
Linden Hills