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To: tcmay who wrote (144068)	9/25/2001 1:53:55 AM
From: pgerassi	Respond to of 186894

Dear TCMay: Re: "Airlines are owned by the owners. It's their property. Leave it up to them. Let the market compete. Same thing with smoking. Some airlines will be "no smoking," some will be "smoking allowed." The market can choose. Ditto for restaurants. (I've never smoked one puff in my entire life. I hate cigarette smoke. But it is not my business nor anyone else's except the owners to establish the policies for the property they own. I can choose to patronize another restaurant or airline.)" Too bad! States and localities have regulated restaurants from having smoking allowed in public areas. EPA regulates air pollution country wide. And you can be sued or face criminal charges, if you spray a substance that caused severe disability or especially, the death, of another. When it affects others, it can be regulated and/or legislated. Taking your argument to the extreme, you ask that anyone can do anything with their property including building nuclear, thermonuclear, chemical or biological weapons along with testing on non consenting people. Sorry, you would lose that argument. Pete