Smoking Ban complaints down, but many fines still unpaid

[Habib]

If no one forced bars and restaurants to ban smoking, no one would have on their own. Is that fair to me, as a non-smoker?

 

Don't go to bars. Or open your own bar. Are you mad when you go to a Chinese restaurant and they only sell Chinese? Do you demand, out of fairness, the government make them sell American cuisine to convenience you?

[ADopted ADmiral]

Don't go to bars. Or open your own bar. Are you mad when you go to a Chinese restaurant and they only sell Chinese? Do you demand, out of fairness, the government make them sell American cuisine to convenience you?

 

Exactly...:thumb:

[ADopted ADmiral]

Then why can they give me a ticket for not wearing my seatbelt?

 

But you can ride a motorcycle without a Helmet...

[swamprat]

Then why can they give me a ticket for not wearing my seatbelt?

It's the same thing. The government trying to protect you from yourself. I don't like that law either.

[UKPat02]

Don't go to bars. Or open your own bar. Are you mad when you go to a Chinese restaurant and they only sell Chinese? Do you demand, out of fairness, the government make them sell American cuisine to convenience you?

 

I'm not really talking about bars. More restaurants than anything.

[UKPat02]

It's the same thing. The government trying to protect you from yourself. I don't like that law either.

 

Ok, well at least you're consistent.

[All Tell]

So you're willing to sacrifice your own health so that the rights of business owners aren't trampled on?

 

Absolutely.

 

Had there been a viable market for smoke free establishments then they would have existed without a ban.

[All Tell]

If no one forced bars and restaurants to ban smoking, no one would have on their own. Is that fair to me, as a non-smoker?

 

If there were enough people of like mind then the market would demand smoke free facilities.

[Plato]

So should we not have any laws that protect us from ourselves or protect us from the poor decisions of others? Should there be no speed limits - they restrict my freedom to drive like I want to... Should all drugs be legal? If you don't like them, don't take them...

[Kingfish Stevens]

I quit smoking a goodly number of years ago. However, I just bought a nice box of cigars and will again exercise my freedom. If I offend anyone, he/she can keep out of the way.

[UKPat02]

So should we not have any laws that protect us from ourselves or protect us from the poor decisions of others? Should there be no speed limits - they restrict my freedom to drive like I want to... Should all drugs be legal? If you don't like them, don't take them...

 

Should have known Plato could put it more eloquently than I.

[ADopted ADmiral]

So should we not have any laws that protect us from ourselves or protect us from the poor decisions of others? Should there be no speed limits - they restrict my freedom to drive like I want to... Should all drugs be legal? If you don't like them, don't take them...

 

No speed limits would be fine with Me...Yes all drugs should be legal...IMO...

[Plato]

No speed limits would be fine with Me...Yes all drugs should be legal...IMO...

 

Now we are making some progress. Later boys, I'm heading to Danville to hang out with AA. (He's a non-smoker so I'll be ok)

[ADopted ADmiral]

Now we are making some progress. Later boys, I'm heading to Danville to hang out with AA. (He's a non-smoker so I'll be ok)

 

Head on Over...:I would rather someone spend 20 years in Jail for stealing my T.V. than Killing themselves doing all the legal/Illegal Drugs they want...:thumb:

[swamprat]

So should we not have any laws that protect us from ourselves or protect us from the poor decisions of others? Should there be no speed limits - they restrict my freedom to drive like I want to... Should all drugs be legal? If you don't like them, don't take them...

Apples and oranges. I can go 100 mph up my driveway (and through the back of my garage), if I want to. I can also build a track and allow people to race on that track at whatever speed they wish. There is no laws prohibiting either of those situations from a speeding standpoint. The highways, however, are public thoroughfares paid for and owned by tax payers, not private businesses. If the government wants to ban smoking in government facilities, they'll get no argument from me.

 

Note: I do not smoke. I also respect McDonalds' and Applebee's decision to ban smoking in their establishments, regardless of the local law. It's their business.