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Posted on 10/19/2011 6:59:56 AM PDT by Pontiac
There, I fixed it for you. Besides, what's one more right?
Does inhaling the smoke clean it and strip it of all carcinogens before it is exhaled? Two people sit in a closed garage with a car running, which one of them dies?
Private “clubs” are restricted from selling alcohol without a license and are also restricted from various other activities.
This is nothing new.
you’ve got FReepmail.
You've got that right.
When we were fighting the ban in Delaware, one the most vocal opponents to the ban was the owner of a very popular bar and restaurant that had gone non smoking. He had found his niche market, was doing very well with it, and did not want the government messing with his business plan.
On the other hand, the owner of another popular spot wanted to go non smoking, but was afraid he would lose business to places that permitted it and so wanted the government to step in and force everyone to go smokefree to protect his business.
We need to curb government before it curbs us.
BINGO!!!
These are fallacious arguments.
Yelling fire in a theater is creating a public danger.
Sex related businesses are typically controlled by zoning requirements and are do not have blanket restriction.
The ability to regulate alcohol was granted the to the States by the 21st Amendment. And is typically used primarily to ensure the state gets its taxes.
The transportation or importation into any State, Territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited.
The 21st Amendment has been generally viewed by the courts to give the States broad powers to regulate alcohol
I wasn’t bitching about it.
I was responding to a comment and making an observation.
And the Ohio Constitution allows citizens to bring referendum issues to vote, which they did and you lost. :)
2 scientific truths come to mind with that irrelevant question: Correlation does not equal causation and the poison is in the dose.
Two people sit in a closed garage with a car running, which one of them dies?
This makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. I do believe patton laid out the proper analogy, as yours is meaningless.
Private “clubs” are restricted from selling alcohol without a license and are also restricted from various other activities.
We are not discussing alcohol, thus it has no bearing on the discussion. I asked you since when is a private club a public place?
“So you do agree that secondhand smoke is harmful! This is a great first step! I’m proud of you!”
Not good at reading comprhension, are you? Heck, you probably think these united states are a democracy.
We live in a Constitutional Republic.
The founders were students of history and warned about the tendency of democracies to become tyrannical.
Our constitution protects the rights of individuals. The majority does not have the power in this country under the constitution to infringe on the basic rights of the individual.
If you read the history behind the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution you will find the many of the usurpations of basic rights the founders found intolerable were violations of property rights.
By the same reasoning, Ohio voters could
1) ban cars which do not get 40 mpg, 2) ban trans-fats and salt in food, 3) forbid the use of fireplaces, 4) forbid backyard pools, 5) require restaurants put tofu on their menus, 6) where does it end? When we all lose?
By their standard Obamacare is permanent and positive since it was passed democratically.
The Smoking Nazis rule!
Individual rights be damned!
You’ve got that right, and it’s down right scary.
Pretty much says it all...
Study: Smokers Have Lower IQs Than Non-Smokers
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,587241,00.html
trubolotta: By the same reasoning, Ohio voters could:
Mandate smoking be permitted in ALL bars, restaurants, and private clubs.
How about the Ohio voters just leave things alone and let the individual restaurant, bar and private club owners decide for themselves. It is not the property of the Ohio voters to mandate anything. Unless they ban the sale and use of tobacco, there is no other justification for banning a legal activity if it is not their property.
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