Jim Bernstein wrote: > Mariachi music is not a health hazard! Second hand smoke is well > established as a public health hazard. Protecting the public from > preventable health hazards is a proper function of city government.
So you see a difference between moral turpitude and health hazards? Many people don't. They see people's spiritual health to be as important as their physical health and they use that concern to justify imposing their values on others. The concept of protecting the public from preventable spiritual hazards was used in Salem. Your using physical health to impose your values on others is just as pretentious and intellectually corrupt. No matter how much you deny it, people congregating in a public place to enjoy entertainment and each other's company while smoking has no effect on anyone who does not make an explicit decision to have it do so. Anyone who does not want to be exposed to secondhand smoke has other entertainment choices and no need to limit the choices of other people. Michael Atherton Prospect Park REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
