And maybe a kryptonite asteriod from planet Zarkon will land in his yard, giving his lungs resistance to carcinogenics. And maybe a sudden evolutionay change causes him to grow gills, allowing him to work as a fisher. And maybe... ;-)
Here's what I'm trying to say. 1) If you don't want to inhale smoke, don't hang around smokers. 2) In many, many cases (but not all), we do have a choice to avoid smokers. In public areas like a courthouse, DMV, post office, etc... I think there should be absolutely no smoking. I just think we need to be careful about these sort of potential legal precidents when we place them in the commercial market. Where do we draw the line? Fortunately, a market economy has a good way to adapting to these types of concerns. Ever notice how fast food restaurants are starting to serve more fruit and salads? This is a direct result of growing health concerns in their target market. McDonalds knows that people have a choice of where to eat. They have to accomodate changes in market demand, or they lose business. So, they serve the salad and the quintuple big mac to protect (and even grow) their market share. From an amoral perspective, a non-smoking restaurant can be "good business sense". A restaurant owner may decide that revenues may increase if the customers know they can eat a smoke-free dinner. This point has nothing to do with "right" and "wrong". It's another business decision used to maximize returns. I sympathize with your desire to stay away from smoke and I feel the same way. I hate cigarette smoke. I just think these kinds of things have a way of working themselves out without laying down legislation. It's a slippery slope. Eric Nick McClure wrote: >I don't know if he can or not. Maybe he tried; maybe he can't make enough >money to pay his car insurance doing yard work. > >I take this issue fairly personally as I have seen the dangers of smoking, >and of people that are around second hand smoke all day. Sure it is >anecdotal, but we do know that smoking is harmful, we know that second hand >smoke is harmful. > >I mean, what you suggesting? We allow smoking everywhere, or just where I'm >eating? > > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Eric Carlisle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 8:25 PM >>To: CF-Community >>Subject: Re: Medical Marijuana Poll >> >>The kid can't do yard work? Work in a grocery store? Paint houses? Or >>does he live in "Smokey Greasy Spoon City"? >> >>With all due respect, one can "what if" all day... >> >> >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:160300 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
