Amen. --David Shove Roseville
On Mon, 14 Jun 2004, ken bradley wrote: > > Ken Bradley writes: I couldn't agree more as someone who has also > struggled with tobacco addiction, and the health problems that come with > it, that the hospitality industry should not be protecting my "right" to > smoke. > > The facts, are the facts, smoking kills people, my grandfather died as a > result of smoking, my grandmother died as a result of second-hand smoke, > and the tobacco industry marketed to myself and other children. The > tabacco industry has profited while millions of people have died. Who's > "rights" are we protecting? We are protecting an industry that preys on > the public and puts profits before the public good. > > I have very little concern for the "free market" that kills people. We > need to have laws that protect the citizens of our community from > companies that "markets" products that kill people. > > If the city does not pass a smoking ban ordinance it will not be because > politicians are concerned about "rights", it will because politicians > are concerned about upsetting powerful-predatory-lobbyist. I have no > more concern with protecting the tabacco industries rights than > protecting a drug dealers rights to push their product to children. Both > are predators and neither should be protected. > 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
