On 6/24/04 11:20 AM, "Gregory Luce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So, before you feel that we are on the road to ban the sun, perfumes, > fragrances, cars, tanning, fast food, coffee, alcohol, plaid boxer > shorts, false teeth, John Tesh CDs, and/or the ability to breath at all, > take a breath and relax--it won't happen. Actually, I think the problem with the "slippery slope" argument in this case is that it overlooks the motivation behind the smoking ban proposal. It's not to protect smokers from themselves, but to protect others from being exposed to secondhand smoke. Few of these "slippery slope" examples are relevant as there is no such thing as secondhand sun, fast food or alcohol exposure. These are all things that we either choose to expose ourselves to or not. Exposure to fragrances and perfumes actually do cause some health problems for folks with allergies and chemical sensitivities and there are hospitals, churches and work places that have banned them. Hopefully the companies that make these fragrances will reformulate their products and get rid of the petroleum-derived compounds that most of them are based on and that cause most of the problems before we have to start worrying about having separate rooms for fragrance-free and fragrance-addicted folks in our public spaces. Mark Snyder Windom 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
