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In reply to the discussion: People who want to ban e-cigs are the useful idiots of Big Tobacco [View all]beevul
(12,194 posts)To those who see "big tobacco" hiding behind every twig and branch, I suppose so.
"I don't want people using them around me unless I know I am not getting ANY nicotine from them or any of the carriers which may be used. Sorry if that offends you but is my right and everyone else's right."
In the real world, the burden lies on those wishing to restrict, to justify the restriction. I don't want to see any restrictions on them for health reasons, UNTIL it can be justified. It jives nicely with my view of due process. As these threads show, there are some who take a position on these to ban them/restrict their usage now because of what they are and what they represent, and maybe ask questions later.
You fall in with the "ban/restrict them now" bunch, whether you realize it or not.
As far as "my right and everyone else's right"...I assume you wear no perfume, no cologne, no detectable scents of any kind, never burn wood, don't burn propane or lp for heating, don't use electricity which combustion of some sort was used in making, don't make use of any form of transportation which uses or works as a result of combustion, right?
Because you practice what you preach, by not using things around others that THEY might not want to be getting any intake of, right?
Well, congratulations!
Most people use "criteria", is rather selective and subjective, and I don't see where you're any different.