[Mpls] Smoking ban in Mpls -- NO!

[Anderson, Mark V(GE Infrastructure)]

RT --

Go RT!  I'm sure people will say that you are in favor of fried lungs.  But it's far more important to be on the side of human rights than on the side of the health police.  People should have the right to their own nasty habits.  There are plenty of smoke-free restaurants out there.  It is hard to find a smoke-free bar, but I think it's really pushing things to say someone has the right to drink in a bar without smoke.  Non-smokers sitting in bars are much more likely to die of liver disease than lung cancer.  The anti-smokers just prefer their poison to be alcohol rather than nicotine.  And now they want to force everyone else to choose the same poison.

Usually you hear smoking ban advocates of championing the rights of bar workers to avoid smoke, but let's be realistic here.  It's pretty obvious that most bars are full of smoke.  Anyone who decides to work in a bar has accepted that.  No one is forced to work there.  And I bet 80% of bar workers smoke themselves.

For the record, I have never smoked, and I hate going into smoky bars.  But this is one of those classic examples of do-gooders trying to force everyone into their own little mold.  Minneapolis is full of activists that think they know how to live their life better than anyone else.  It's time to take a stand and tell them where to go!  Next time they might ban ice cream, and then I would be personally affected.

Mark V Anderson
Bancroft Neighborhood