Jennifer L. Rubenzer writes:
> /snip/ Areas where people are > smoking can be avoided via "CHOICE". Where's all the pro-"choice" folks > on this one? Well, this pro-choice person chooses to support the ban. Smokers can choose to smoke outside the bar. They can choose to not smoke at all. When the bar is filled with smoke, it's hard to choose to breathe clean air. That affects workers at the bar and others who choose not to smoke nor to breathe second-hand smoke. And Jim McGuire writes: > I have mixed feelings, but the "pro freedom" folks that are against the > ban > keep convincing me that the ban is a good idea. > (And the phrase "parental socialism" didn't help the "anti-ban" argument) Yeah, and "nannies" probably didn't win you over either -- I know it failed to persuade me (grin). Rick Mons Tanglewood neighborhood of Shoreview 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
