in Kahlifornia,
Jim Devine jdevine at lmu.edu & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
> "...there is, as you recognize, a good deal of outrage over
> these smoking bans. I think many should be repealed, at the
> very least
> those affecting bars and clubs (often because they either
> serve meals or are connected to a place that does)."
fs wrote:
> it's embarrassing to see my home town look so infantile, what with all
> the whining about smoking rights... the world doesn't come to an end
> when people don't smoke in bars and restaurants... most of california
> has had no smoking rules for what seems like ages now, and
> the same kind
> of end-of-the-world whining existed early on, but the only negative
> aspect of this ban has been the stench of smoking that comes
> from people
> standing in doorways...
>
> if some really believe that smoking wherever and whenever we please,
> without regard to the rights of others, is some form of civli
> right , we
> ought to be outraged that we can't purge and urinate anywhere we like,
> without regard for others, since these are, at least, natural body
> functions without which we could not survive...
>
> maybe hitchens or some other civil libertarian will take up this issue
> of oppression.
>
> fs