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To: untrained skeptic
I highly suspect that most people would have voted for the smoking bands

I think agreeing with the concept that anyone can vote away another's property rights is dirty and disgusting, regardless of the conditions under which it's done.

I'm unsympathetic to its adherents.

98 posted on 03/31/2008 4:01:28 PM PDT by Madame Dufarge
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To: Madame Dufarge
I think agreeing with the concept that anyone can vote away another's property rights is dirty and disgusting, regardless of the conditions under which it's done.

I voted against the smoking bans here in Ohio, because I didn't think that it was a reasonable restriction on people's property rights.

However, any time you open your property up to others you are creating a situation where their rights might conflict with yours.

If you lease your property to others, they have rights on that property, and you can no longer do with that property as you please.

If you open a store on your property, you have to respect the rights of the customers you invite into your store, though in most cases you can resolve the conflict by simply asking them to leave, but not in all situations.

Employing other people puts you in a position where you have to respect the rights of your employees.

I think we have in general let labor friendly liberals shift things too far in favor of the employee over the rights of the employer, and that's why I voted against the smoking ban. However, it's not just the property owner's rights that are involved when that property owner employs others on that property and opens up their doors to customers.

102 posted on 04/02/2008 7:14:36 AM PDT by untrained skeptic
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