Christine -- <<Are you another one of those knee-jerk far right people who think that every attempt at improving the public health is going to end up in a fascist state, Jeff? >>
Yup, that's me. Hell, I don't even think that the state should be allowed to license doctors!
<<I also dispute your assumption that everybody's rights are equal in the United States. >>
I do, too. I believe that everyone should have equal rights, but as we all know, it ain't that way at all...
<<Are you so inconsiderate that it is beyond you to step outside and smoke, or smoke in a sealed room, or smoke in a bar which is owner operated?>>
Christine, I rarely frequent bars that are not owner-operated, I despise sealed rooms, and I don't smoke in places where there is no smoking allowed. I smoke a pipe, and usually do not smoke anywhere I go. My point is that there is absolutely no good purpose in the State of California making bars smoke-free. It is not so much an infringement on the rights of smokers as on the rights of the owners - a bar's atmosphere is its stock-in-trade, and if the owner wants to permit smoking, he should by all means be allowed to do so. You wanna go to a smoke-free establishment, feel free to do so, but the state has no f**king business telling my local pub owner that he has to keep me from enjoying nicotine with my alcohol! |
