That's a whole different topic. Timothy Heald Information Systems Specialist Overseas Security Advisory Council U.S. Department of State 571.345.2235
-----Original Message----- From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 3:27 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: woo hoo Another way of looking at this is, if the owner feels strongly about allowing smoking he can become a private club. But a restaurant is a public place. That is why you are not allowed to discriminate in whom you serve. Dana On Tue, 01 Jul 2003 13:49:06 -0400, Marwan Saidi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually, they are NOT public. A public place, public being defined as > owned by the people, are places such as parks, the DMV, National Forests, > etc. > > Any restaurant is a PRIVATE establishment, owned by an individual > business entity (individual, partnership, corporation, etc.). This > PRIVATE establishment CHOOSES to allow a WILLING public to come in and > eat. As has been said many times, the government should have no more > right to tell private businesses who may or may not partake in a legal > activity in their restaurant than they should be able to tell said > restaurant what hours to be open or what to serve on the menu. > > So that you understand my perspective, the substance of the law does not > bother me. I have smoked for 14 years, but I quit 2 weeks ago today. It > is not easy, and now I am able to resist one of the greatest cravings > (smoking immediately after ordering and immediately after eating) because > I don't have to smell others doing it. > > Having said that, I have a HUGE problem with the government legislating > the options at a private business. I realize that in Florida it was put > out as a referendum, and passed with a 6 to 1 margin. However, what would > be expected when 22% of the population in Florida smokes? > > Look at it another way, Ian and Ben.... > > I assume that one or both of you may be freelance \ solo guys. Would you > want there to be an election nationwide to determine the application > server that was used, exclusively, in the US? Well, if they put it to a > popular vote, I would assume that Microsoft would win, as even those who > don't really have an option knows that name. So, you have a fair > election, and now the government is telling you, Ian, Ben, Will, and > anyone else who suppports this legislation, that by law, you must now > ONLY code in .asp. And you should not loose money, because if others can > code in .asp, then you should be able to as well, right? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
