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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush

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To: TimF who wrote (80932)5/30/2007 3:04:30 PM
From: Land Shark  Read Replies (1) of 93284
 
>No, its an entirely different situation.
Same thing.

>1 - Drinking and driving happens on public roads. Drinking in >a bar happens in a privately owned establishment.
Doesn't matter where the drinking occurs, bub. Same situation.

>2 - Drinking and driving puts people around you at much >greater risk for massive injury up to and including near >immediate death. 2nd hand smoke doesn't greatly increase >people's chances of immediately dying.
Cancer is a real long-term risk of second-hand smoke. Same thing

>3 - Drinking and driving exposes the general public to a >risk, and furthermore to a risk they are unaware of. Drinking >in a bar where smoking is known to occur doesn't impose a >risk on anyone except people who willingly assume it.
See point 2.
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