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(5,402 posts)Does that count?
The fulcrum of the argument turns on the word "reasonable".
I have a friend who is hypersensitive to cat dander.
When his neighbor brought home a cat, he started to become so congested that he would have to leave his apartment sometimes just to get relief.
I have another friend who creates art by using a variety of welding equipment, some of which is quite smelly. Perhaps the state should go into her home and force her to stop making art.
Then of course, there is the cancer patient who uses marijuana cigarettes to deal with their symptoms. What do you tell that person?
If tobacco smoke is worthy of having strangers come into your home in order to tell you what you can and cannot do because a neighbor thinks that "smoke infringes on others", then the same is true for cats or any other item that makes people wrinkle their nose.
The interesting thing about a Democracy is that it tends to force others to become tolerant.
That's a big reason why the Republicans dislike Democracy.