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To: Constant Reader who wrote (2204)	7/13/2007 12:35:59 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 2253

I didn't say that government imposed smoking bans on private property are not within the realm of reason, just that they are something that I am against in principle. As for the segregated lunch counters - Well I'm also against racism in principle, but I think its an injustice to force people, even racists, to force people to associate with and do business with people that they don't want to associate with. OTOH I recognize the practical gain from banning this form of racial discrimination. I can see an argument that the practical gain was worth the moderate level of injustice, I do however have a problem with arguments that just ignore the injustice, or claim that this imposition is just.