> Dennis Plante > > Well, it would be in the public health's best interest for > government (us) > to ban ALL handguns, yet they choose not to. It would indeed > be in the > public health's best interest to ban the sale of alcohol, the sale of > tobacco, the sale of sexually demeaning material. Yet they > choose not to.
[TB] While I don't favor handguns, they can be used safely and without causing death and injury to those nearby. To date, no one has figured out a way to smoke tobacco without causing a health hazard to those who are nearby. > Michael Atherton > Maybe the next time that we want to intern Japanese citizens > we should just take a poll to see how many people are in favor. [TB] What most people are in favor of is creating safe work places. Auto body shops have spray booths to keep paint fumes contained. We don't allow open containers of benzene in the offices of American Express, US Bank or Target Corp. That we should allow employees of specific industries to suffer a known, and easily eliminated, health hazard because it is convenient for a few is absurd. > Dorie Rae Gallagher wrote: > Would someone please tell me why government needs to be involved with > telling private citizens, owning a business, whether to allow smoking > or not. [TB] Public health. The same reason we have sanitation rules for restaurants and on occasion close them down when they don't comply. Do opponents of eating and drinking establishments being healthy work places also oppose all other workplace safety rules? Yes there is a move in this country to dismantle government. I hope the folks that are cutting back on schools, libraries, parks, etc. don't make eliminating workplace safety rules their next crusade. By a vote of 12-1 the Council did the proper thing. Why wait until March 31? It doesn't 8 months to remove ash trays and matches. Terrell Brown Loring 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
