[Mpls] Re: St. Paul considers smoking ban - should Mpls?

[loki anderson]

Terrell Brown <terrellbrown_mn at yahoo.com> wrote:
[TB] I’m unclear what the “rights of owners and patrons to do as they
please” are. In a civilized society there are certain rules we are
expected to follow. Just as at one time we allowed people to burn
leaves in their back yards, build using asbestos and use lead based
paint we’ve learned of the problems these things create and have banned
the practice.

[LA] Well at least you're honest enough to admit that you want to ban smoking. Most of these "public health advocates" won't say it.

I don’t see how anyone has the right to knowingly injure someone else’s
health. Not to mention the cost of cleaning out the smells. If a
dining establishment spills on a customer, they will generally offer to
pay the cleaning bill, I haven’t seen them offer to pay the cost of
cleaning out the smoke smell.


[LA] Non-smokers have the option of not patronizing bars and restaurants that they know have poor ventilation or that herd both smokers and non-smokers into the same room. If you don't like the smoking policy of a particular establishment, use your economic clout to hit them in the pocketbook by going somewhere else or by organizing a boycott. Why is it that non-smokers don't want to have purely smoking establishments and non-smoking establishments? 

Loki Anderson

Marshall Terrace



Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
                                                                         -Martin Luther King Jr.
		
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