smoking ban starts in less than a month!

[Venerable Bede]

Originally posted by Celeste:
   

Originally posted by terry:
  This is next...

And I support this too! [/b]

soylent green is people.

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by Celeste:
   

Originally posted by terry:
  This is next...

And I support this too! [/b]

why?

[attache]

The smoking isn't just protecting the patrons of bars, but was established to protect the employees, bartender, bouncer, waiter, waitress etc.  It's the same fight people were having when smoking was banned on airplanes.  How many of you think it's ok to smoke on an airplane? Again, that ban went into effect to protect the employees who are directly affected.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

So if your girlfriend went to Africa, would she be consenting to having her clit removed?
 
 

Originally posted by le sonick:
   

Originally posted by nkotb:
  Wouldn't the more apt comparison be that smokers are putting something in the air that non-smokers haven't consented to breathing?
 

like mr. venerable just stated.  you went to a place that allows smoking.  so you consented.
 
   just like when you go to 930 you consent to hear loud music.  (which damages your ears!) [/b]

[Venerable Bede]

Originally posted by attache:
  The smoking isn't just protecting the patrons of bars, but was established to protect the employees, bartender, bouncer, waiter, waitress etc.  It's the same fight people were having when smoking was banned on airplanes.  How many of you think it's ok to smoke on an airplane? Again, that ban went into effect to protect the employees who are directly affected.

then address air quality rules. . .that's the more relevant environmental issue anyway.

[attache]

exactly the point, smoking affects the air quality. Simplest way to fix the problem...remove the smoke.

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by Steny Hoyer, Pubic Destroyer:
  So if your girlfriend went to Africa, would she be consenting to having her clit removed?
 

if she went to africa and had her clit removed, could she have said clit removers arrested?
 
   if so then no she wasnt.  if not, then i suppose in a creative way, she was consenting to the possibility, sure.

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by attache:
  The smoking isn't just protecting the patrons of bars, but was established to protect the employees, bartender, bouncer, waiter, waitress etc.

whatever.
 
   whenever i am in new york, i notice i have to wait an extra long time to get a drink because the bartender is ALWAYS outside SMOKING!!!!!
 
 in fact, almost everyone i know who works in the bar/restaurant business smokes.

[attache]

almost, but not everyone.  And at your job, I assume you are allowed to take cigarette breaks, so quit complaining.

[ggw]

Originally posted by attache:
  exactly the point, automobiles affect the air quality. Simplest way to fix the problem...remove the cars.

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by attache:
  almost, but not everyone.  And at your job, I assume you are allowed to take cigarette breaks, so quit complaining.

i wasnt complaining about bartenders smoking.
 
 so you're agreeing that almost everyone who works in bars, smokes?
 
   oh, and i only smoke on my lunch break.  

[attache]

with an automobile you are rarely in a confined space

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by attache:
  with an automobile you are rarely in a confined space

i walk home from work everyday and have to breath in exhaust from the buses and idling cars all the way home.

[Celeste]

Originally posted by le sonick:
   

Originally posted by Celeste:
   

Originally posted by terry:
  This is next...

And I support this too! [/b]

why? [/b]

because trans fats have no redeeming nutritional value and are just a cheap substitute for butter, olive oil, etc.
 
 I say ban high fructose corn syrup, too

[ggw]

Originally posted by Celeste:
   

Originally posted by le sonick:
   

Originally posted by Celeste:
     

Originally posted by terry:
  This is next...

And I support this too! [/b]

why? [/b]

because trans fats have no redeeming nutritional value and are just a cheap substitute for butter, olive oil, etc.
 
 I say ban high fructose corn syrup, too [/b]

Alternatively, people could simply buy products that don't use trans fats and HFCS and thus obviate the need for the paternalistic hand of the bloated and inefficient government bureaucracy.