David Brauer wrote: > I've been told by a bar owners who looked into such a machine that you > simply can't replace the air quickly, quietly and inexpensively enough.
Interesting that you would use bar owners as experts on this topic. It seems to me that they might posit such an argument just to avoid the expenses of providing a safe environment for non-smokers. Here is my argument. If you are correct that it is not technologically or financially feasible, then offering businesses with permits costs little or nothing (because no one would be able to meet the necessary standards). If you are wrong, then why not allow businesses to accommodate the desires of smokers? Why project your values and morality on others if they would do no harm? I am constantly having to remind myself how little the general public understands about engineering and technology. There is already a huge industry in this country dedicated to providing safe working environments in hazardous conditions. I might agree that it is probably not cost effective for existing bars and restaurants to create a cigarette safe environments for non-smokers, but I think that new interior designs could. At a minimum, businesses could provide smoking parlors that could insure that smoke does not reach the lungs of non-smokers. Regardless, I think that we should let the market to determine if such options are feasible. Michael Atherton Prospect Park REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
