City Bans Outside Smoking In Front Of Kids

Local6.com ^ | 3/17/04 | N/A

[metesky]

City council members in Port Orange, Florida passed a controversial law that bans outdoor smoking in front of children at public parks and recreation properties, according to Local 6 News.

Port Orange council members said the smoking ban is to protect kids from second-hand smoke and to prevent them from starting in the first place.

[metesky]

They just never stop...

[Guillermo]

Ban smoking, but make sure they're taught all about homosexual "marriage" and other items on the homosexual agenda...

[Bikers4Bush]

But it's allright to put books about gays and lezbeans in the elementary schools for six year olds to read.

Disgusting.

[somedaysoon]

Good Grief!!! Where does it end?

[metesky]

Pssst! I have tobacco...

[Texas Federalist]

When I have a kid, I'm going to get him to start smoking in grade school just to spite these people.

[freeeee]

Where does it end?

When the voters stop asking for more by rewarding such behavior with re-election.

It doesn't matter if the other candidate is the worse of two evils. If people vote for these control freaks, no matter what, they have only themselves to blame and I don't feel sorry for them one bit.

[metesky]

Mom used to pack a lunch for school, now she has to warn the kids not...

If I go further, I'll get banned.

[henderson field]

Next is "Crimes Against The State." Send them to the gulags!

[TLI]

Gotta curculate a petition to close the park, too risky for the safety of the children you know, might get a scraped knee... that could get infected.... that would lead to medical problems.... which requires a doctor.... who got sued.... which raises insurance rates.... which drains money from parents.... which affect the cirrrrdren.

See? Too risky for the chirrens.

[metesky]

[Libertina]

Tyrants. Need to be overthrown. The gerneration that said "trust no one over 40" is now the iron fisted Libnazi-regime.

[F16Fighter]

"Good Grief!!! Where does it end?"

When ALL Democrats and liberals and leftists and socialists and perverts and anarchists are locked up.

[Protagoras]

Good Grief!!! Where does it end?

In violence.

[metesky]

Did you forget your sarcasm tags?

Actually the avereage smoker outlives the average rump ranger by quite a bit.

[Ben Bolt]

You see another fine example of why our private property is not registered .. Nor will it ever be .

[azhenfud]

I'm wondering if someone tries to raise their own with no subsidies, no tax breaks, even though it'll take about seven years to have a good usable product - would they be abled to get 'Ol Sammy out of their smoking business?

Na. They'd be shot on sight. Never mind....

[Bikers4Bush]

Riiiiight, let's just ignore the fact that the gays brought us the black plague of our age, a virus that is ultimately 100% fatal.

Cancer can be sent into remission, AIDS cannot.

[mountaineer]

I was born in the 1950s. All my life I've seen other people smoke, in person, on TV, in movies, at restaurants, ball parks, airports, just about everywhere. Used to be, we even watched cigarette commercials on TV (Winston tastes good like a (clap)(clap) cigarette should). Despite all that, I've never once had the desire to light up.

It is a moronic notion on the part of this city council that we are incapable of making our own choices in life.