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To: SheLion

Tell all the people that you know, this must be voted against. The ban was voted on and enacted, in WA state. When you go to the bar, the bartender actually shuts down about every 15-30 minutes to go outside and have a smoke. It seems like such a small thing, but it is a symptom of the sheepish attitude of todays American. Most of the bar patrons smoke, the bartenders smoke, yet the govt has used bully and propaganda tactics to "save" us from a voluntary use of a legal substance. I have said it before, but it is appropriate here also, 50 years ago the police would have been physically assaulted for enforcing this law. Heck, 80 years ago when booze was outlawed, people went out of their way to flaunt the law. Now, they talk quietly of how this is for their "own good", and how thankful they are that there is no more smoke, in the smoke filled pub.


7 posted on 04/22/2006 7:59:24 AM PDT by jeremiah (How much did we get for that rope?)
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To: jeremiah
Now, they talk quietly of how this is for their "own good", and how thankful they are that there is no more smoke, in the smoke filled pub.

Sure! And even smokers say "Well, I want to quit anyway, so this ban will be a good thing." Good thing??!!  How can anymore government intervention be a GOOD thing?!  Why can't people just step up to the plate and quit on their own?  God knows, Big Pharm has enough quit smoking junk on the market to waste the money on!

More government intervention is NOT a good thing!

15 posted on 04/22/2006 10:35:37 AM PDT by SheLion (Trying to make a life in the BLUE state of Maine!)
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