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Wounded Bear

(64,025 posts)
5. Hey, there is no smoking at C-Link field in Seattle...
Sat May 18, 2013, 01:20 PM
May 2013

and it's an outdoor stadium.

They still call it a building.


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Thankfully, I quit many, many years ago, so I don't really care for myself.

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LTTE: Smoking at Vikings Stadium? [View all] MineralMan May 2013 OP
Well said MineralMan. russspeakeasy May 2013 #1
I agree olddots May 2013 #2
Surely the solution is to stop smoking, Nye Bevan May 2013 #3
Surely that is not the point of my post. MineralMan May 2013 #4
Perhaps a better answer etherealtruth May 2013 #8
That's how the taxes on tobacco products started out. MineralMan May 2013 #14
Yet accidents and abuse caused by alcohol consumption is ignored. glinda May 2013 #21
Hey, there is no smoking at C-Link field in Seattle... Wounded Bear May 2013 #5
Yes, well. A lot of people are forced to pay for MineralMan May 2013 #7
I'm still a bit ambivalent about how they financed the CLink... Wounded Bear May 2013 #10
Well, that at least makes some sense. It taxes MineralMan May 2013 #12
B-but... you said "Smoking!" dogknob May 2013 #11
Yes. It's interesting, I think, to see the responses. I knew it MineralMan May 2013 #13
Spot on. glinda May 2013 #22
There is logic expressed in your letter etherealtruth May 2013 #6
It would be stupid to allow smoking in a building with a clear roof. bluedigger May 2013 #9
A very interesting question you've raised about public expenditure of money to support corporations. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2013 #15
Yes, your conundrum is a valid one. MineralMan May 2013 #16
Whaddya know MM...we agree on something!! Tierra_y_Libertad May 2013 #17
Oh, I'm betting we agree on more than you think. MineralMan May 2013 #18
We had the same "deal" when I was an Oregonian when they built The Rose Garden Tierra_y_Libertad May 2013 #19
The argument is that while we are... TreasonousBastard May 2013 #20
He doesn't own the Stadium does he? I thought it was the City. glinda May 2013 #23
I'm still pissed at all the non-smokers who expect me to pay for poor kids' health care. Comrade Grumpy May 2013 #24
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