By Michael's logic, there should be no health department regulations re
sanitation in restaurant kitchens, right?
Lenief Heimstead
Stevens Square
From: Michael Hohmann [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Michael Atherton [EMAIL PROTECTED], mpls@mnforum.org
Subject: RE: [Mpls] On the smoking ban and Porter's
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 10:18:55 -0600
Congratulations to Michael on his persistence and his logic.
Mike Hohmann
Linden Hills
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Behalf Of Michael Atherton
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 7:00 AM
To: mpls@mnforum.org
Subject: RE: [Mpls] On the smoking ban and Porter's
snip
I place more value on an individual's right to make their own
decisions about their lungs/life/health. Again, no one is
exposed to secondhand smoke who doesn't make an explicit
choice to do so.
What people fail to see is that the power and morality that
allows you to force your decisions on others, allows the
imposition of any arbitrary decision on you as well. That is,
if you and the government decide that X is bad, then you eliminate
the right of people to make their own decisions. This really
drives me crazy, because so many people on this List who hold
Liberal views are aghast at the push by Evangelical
Christians to force their values on their fellow Americans,
yet they have no qualms about using the same governmental
power to force Liberal values onto others
snip
Michael Atherton
Prospect Park
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