Thursday, May 7, 2009

WI Legislature Takes Up Statewide Smoking Ban

http://www.wqow.com/Global/story.asp?S=10312032

I'm perplexed.

If we can have public indoor gun ranges; that with heavy controls operate quite safely regardless of all of the liability and inherent dangers of immediate death by GSW and the associated lead and sound abatement issues,,,,then how come we can't have legal places for smokers to do their thing indoors? Just regulate it. Tax it to pay for enforcement. But don't BAN it. C'mon, this is a free country.

I say if we can pop off a cap indoors in a regulated controlled designated place, then why not a cigarette? in it's own restricted space?

4 comments:

  1. I'm pretty sure it is because smoking sickens and kills people who aren't smoking. You know...second hand smoke. You can still smoke just not in my air space anymore. That's a good thing.

    Anon.

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  2. Your answer resembles someone wanting to take a leisurely stroll on a gun range. Um, no. Take your walk somewhere else.

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  3. What does that mean?

    Anon.

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  4. Why would you expect to be able to go where smokers are and not be exposed to the 2nd hand smoke?

    It's an unreasonable expectation. It resembles expecting to barge into a gun range for a stroll and not be exposed to the lead, loud noise, and threat of a GSW. If you don't want to be exposed to that stuff, then stay away.

    Since second hand smoke sickens people who aren't smoking, so stay away. Just like you stay away from lead, loud noises and gun shots.

    You can be as smoke free as you want, just not in someone else's business.

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