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From: "Becca Vargo Daggett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <mpls@mnforum.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 7:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Mpls] RE: Another DT restaurant closes
I'm generally sorry for the bars that are negatively affected by the
broader societal shift away from allowing smoking in indoor public
places. But the idea that the Olive Garden might have closed because
people couldn't smoke there any longer is absurd.
Of course you find it absurb........ to find it anything else would mean
that the smoking ban proponents inability to make decisions in their own
best interests (by staying out of smoking establishments) actually cost
people their jobs. But deep down I'm sure they're very thankful, because
they're healthier, thanks to people like you. What's a few waitresses and
bar backs, really, anyway, when their jobs were ruining their health? I'm
sure they'll find something else.
Mike Thompson
Windom
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