SO because they are living on public assistance, we have the right to monitor and ban their personal habits or behaviors? I don’t know, this is a tough one. Maybe because I’m an ex-smoker of 22 years and if I still were I know I’d be totally bent out of shape if some burecrats (sp) started dictating what I could or couldn’t do with my own body. Then again, smoke does do damage to walls and carpet, though nothing a good washing or paint won’t fix. Fires starting? They would need to ban candle-lighting too. This is just one of those things that I can see both sides to but I mostly rebel against it because it’s just another one of those things that reeks of our fall towards communism.
[ This is just one of those things that I can see both sides to but I mostly rebel against it because it’s just another one of those things that reeks of our fall towards communism. ]
I see it as “sauce for the goose of communism”...
Sadly those who are getting free housing are too dumb to relaize the irony in front of them...
However, it seems to me the decent thing to do would be to "grandfather" the current tenants and only apply the smoking ban to new rentals. Eventually they would get their precious "smoke-free" building, and they also wouldn't have to evict any old indigent folks who've lived in their apartment for years and have no where else to go at this point in their life.
I’m with you. I understand all the arguments, but still see it as more paternalism. Seattle Housing Authority has had one of these bans for a couple of years. I will have to check to make sure, but think they also have a gun ban. Remember that a lot of these buildings are in bad neighborhoods, where elderly residents have to walk to do errands, etc.
Think of it this way. Anything that makes the useless leeches more uncomfortable means a greater chance they’ll get angry and decide they’d rather pay for stuff themselves to have more freedom. We ALL win, if the rules make them so miserable they’d rather work!
SO because they are living on public assistance, we have the right to monitor and ban their personal habits or behaviors?
If they are getting MY money. Then YES. we should have some say in their life style.
Drug test um to.
You want to smoke? Fine. Smoke.. Go out side of MY building and smoke.
Simple eh?
“SO because they are living on public assistance, we have the right to monitor and ban their personal habits or behaviors? “
Uh, yeah.