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To: Modernman
Since no legally protected rights seem to be at stake, there's really nothing preventing the majority from imposing these rules on the minority.

Stunned silence.

95 posted on 10/17/2003 12:54:35 PM PDT by Madame Dufarge
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To: Madame Dufarge
Stunned silence.

Why stunned? The example would be one of public drunkenness. Do we have a right to stagger around drunk in public? Well, it could be so-argued (and you could probably find a FR libertarian to argue it). But in reality it doesn't seem to violate anybody's legal rights if drunks are instead taken to the tank for the night.

99 posted on 10/17/2003 1:00:11 PM PDT by r9etb
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To: Madame Dufarge
Stunned silence.

It's a little disconcerting to think about, but the only behaviors local and state government can't ban are things that are constitutionally-protected (whether US constitution or the state constitution). Everything else is fair game.

I can't think of any argument that can support the proposition that you have a right to smoke.

100 posted on 10/17/2003 1:01:21 PM PDT by Modernman ("In America, first you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the women."-Homer)
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