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17. Yeah, we are being played - again

Sun Jul 21, 2013, 02:15 PM

Jul 2013

Right after 9/11 people rushed to pass laws to prevent something they had intelligence on and could have already prevented.

We sold fear, and people bought it.

Our biggest problems in this country is distribution of wealth and letting companies get away with anything, and those same companies go for more regulations to stifle competition and consolidate power. Day in and out we get less free, they get more free and more of our money, and people are up in arms over how they can control each other while letting the real problems slip away.

I rarely go to bars anyway, and the ones I do ignore the smoking ban anyway. I care because it is the core principle of the matter to me. Same reason I care about abortions I can't have and gay marriages even though I am straight.

When we leave our core principles behind we all suffer and give others inroads into taking away our freedoms. Texas wants to take away the ability to get an abortion, they see it as killing a living thing. CA takes away smoking in bars. Others want to take away guns. Still others pitbulls.

All in all we are aiding those who don't have to abide by the laws to restrict our freedoms. Ya think the wealthy in TX can't find somewhere to get an abortion? You think the wealthy in CA don't have private clubs to smoke in?

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No More Tyranny Of The Smoking Minority [View all] XemaSab Jul 2013 OP

Treat smoking like urination. Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #1

LOL...trying banning smoking weed in Arcata! TransitJohn Jul 2013 #2

I dunno. From a respiratory and olfactory annoyance standpoint, kestrel91316 Jul 2013 #7

In Texas, smokers pay for education. Downwinder Jul 2013 #3

Because heaven forfend the tax payers take the hedgehog Jul 2013 #9

You're joking, right? Does your claim let property tax payers off the hook? bluestate10 Jul 2013 #23

If smokers disappear entirely, they'll just find another way to pay Aristus Jul 2013 #10

One more reason why Texas is a place that I wouldn't live in. Can't wait for democrats bluestate10 Jul 2013 #24

Texas has hundreds of millions in new revenue from Ilsa Jul 2013 #28

I am not a smoker and never have been and I don't like the smell iemitsu Jul 2013 #4

+10000 n/t janlyn Jul 2013 #5

Have people spend an hour in a closed room with a car running The Straight Story Jul 2013 #8

It goes back to controlling what others do that we don't like. hedgehog Jul 2013 #11

No; fast food, guns, pit bulls, smoking, breastfeeding, abortion, and olive garden The Straight Story Jul 2013 #12

And don't even get me started on corn-flake fried chicken!1!! pinboy3niner Jul 2013 #13

And its easier to attack individuals than corporations, iemitsu Jul 2013 #14

Yeah, we are being played - again The Straight Story Jul 2013 #17

Sounds like you've got the story straight. iemitsu Jul 2013 #29

It's a good way to distract from the real causes of air pollution though. You have to the Corporate sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #25

Corporations have figured out how Public Relations works. iemitsu Jul 2013 #30

I'm experiencing displeasure just reading this OP. Does that count? Comrade Grumpy Jul 2013 #6

I found out this weekend that smoking is banned in outdoor patios at Chicago bars and restaurants tritsofme Jul 2013 #15

Not absurd. Do you understand how far cigarette smoke can penetrate. bluestate10 Jul 2013 #21

It is absurd. former9thward Jul 2013 #37

Why don't they ban alcohol too if we're going to pretend we care about anyone in this country? sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #26

Or guns? iemitsu Jul 2013 #31

Yes, let's ban everything that offends someone?? Why not? I have a list, how about you? sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #39

I can come up with one. iemitsu Jul 2013 #41

i was a light smoker years ago markiv Jul 2013 #16

E-cigs. Done. gulliver Jul 2013 #18

I am willing to accept smaller steps. bluestate10 Jul 2013 #19

Perhaps cigarette manufacturers should be required to iemitsu Jul 2013 #34

Are you going to block off your exhaust so I don't have to breath it? former9thward Jul 2013 #38

Good point. iemitsu Jul 2013 #42

Body hair and breastfeeding and now smokers... LadyHawkAZ Jul 2013 #20

I don't smoke anymore - but a little bit of smoke coming from several feet away is not going to Douglas Carpenter Jul 2013 #22

+1 burnodo Jul 2013 #27

"unless they want to be bothered" & oh boy, do they want to be bothered. HiPointDem Jul 2013 #33

Speak for yourself. I can smell smoke from over 15 feet away taught_me_patience Jul 2013 #35

all kinds of things annoy and irritate me - but I learned a long time ago not to bully other people Douglas Carpenter Jul 2013 #44

Make sure you don't get close to any incense burnodo Jul 2013 #46

more from the lifestyle nazis HiPointDem Jul 2013 #32

I wish I could breathe clean air down town ... surrealAmerican Jul 2013 #36

The ban on smoking in bars and restaurants has worked, and worked nicely alcibiades_mystery Jul 2013 #40

Anyone who wants to smoke is welcome at our house. They don't go to bars where smoking is not sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #43

Part of the reason for my handle is that I ride a bike Fumesucker Jul 2013 #45