Posted on 12/22/2007 6:11:08 PM PST by elkfersupper
A Jackson County Missouri (Independence/KC) judge also declared the particular ordinance in this thread to be illegal when the bar owner went to court because the ordinance is poorly written. In our fair city, KC, the proposed ordinance banning smoking allows the casinos to be exempted. I would think if that one passes it too will be a court case celebre.
Sixty four years standing in a corner?
Two questions:
#1 - Are you sort of triangular in the front from standing in that corner so long?
#2 - What in the heck did you do to your mom to get a, "Go stand in the corner for sixty-four years" punishment?
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My estimation would be 1993.
You’re a rebel and an American Patriot. The sheeple will obey.
The founding fathers would have done something a little different in the face of this tyranny.
As someone wiser than we once said, “Sheep are made for shearing.”
IMHO, it isn't so much a matter of surgical procedure as it is so many people believing that the 'law' is whatever government says it is.
Those guys look like they’re teed up to shoot one another in the back of the head, especially if they encounter someone who understands tactics who had an assistant pull a flanking maneuver on them.
I am fortunate to live in a mid-sized West Texas city that has no smoking ban applicable to commercial establishments. They ban smking in all public buildings, but this I see as reasonable. Anyone, including thiose truly offended by smoke, might be required to enter those places. Most large stores and malls ban smoking of their own volition, again, if done by the owner, I have no problem, that is his right.
The barkeep handle is for real, I did that for quite a while. In my experience, the percentage of smokers may be a minority in the general population, but that reverses in bars. I can say this; I have never seen a non-smoking bar that lasted any time UNLESS the nannies had banned smoking in all bars. Then you see most of the patrons taking breaks to go huddle in the elements from time to time.
San Angelo has taken the rational position that the owner of a commercial establishment knows best his customers’ preference and will cater to it out of self interest. But then, we also have a Christmas creche on the courthouse lawn with no legal challenge. A remarkable island of minor freedoms I inhabit.
Nice catch.
The "intimidation factor?"
Potential resistance to stupid laws requires a SWAT team.
ahh... the smoking police
I can’t believe this is going on. (sigh)
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