[Mpls] U of M Survey finds that students are in support of
thesmoking ban
Michael Atherton
athe0007 at umn.edu
Tue May 3 06:23:20 CDT 2005
David Strand wrote:
> A recent survey of the smoking ban at the University
> of Minnesota found that the vast majority support the
> smoking ban. The student researchers who designed the
> survey where largely opposed to the ban and surprised
> by the results. According to the survey, 17% of students
> smoke, and of the those, half smoke only occasionally.
That's the thing about minority rights, the size of
the majority is immaterial. If you don't understand
this concept, then you don't understand the concept.
The size of the majority doesn't lend greater
importance to their moral imperative.
Michael Atherton
Prospect Park
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