They're Coming After You

Worldnetdaily/Creators Syndicate, Inc. | 3-6-02 | Walter Williams

[Ditter]

This is a restaurant in my neighborhood that I frequent every few months. I have NEVER seen anyone smoking there & was not aware it was allowed. The owner told me he would be very glad to see the law passed here against ALL smoking because that would "let him off the hook". Apparently he has trouble saying no to a couple of old clients who still smoke. He said he did say no to a guy who wanted to stoke up his pipe. The guy stalked off saying he would never return. Guess what? He has come back. ha ha

[newgeezer]

The owner told me he would be very glad to see the law passed here against ALL smoking because that would "let him off the hook".

Rather than pass his own "no-smoking ordinance" to regulate what he feels is unwanted behavior on his own, private property, he wants his all-knowing, all-protecting, all-providing government to "let him off the hook."

If that's true, he's nothing but a pitiful, mealy-mouthed, spineless wimp (a.k.a. a Liberal).

[Ditter]

Hummmmmmmm I'm trying to remember the last time I was seated next to a table full of cats at a restaurant....................... Nope it never happened.

[newgeezer]

Hummmmmmmm I'm trying to remember the last time I was seated next to a table full of cats at a restaurant....................... Nope it never happened.

(Resisting the initial urge to reply in like fashion...) Why do we have to limit the discussion to restaurants?

[newgeezer]

Are you really so dense that you dont get his?

I think he's in the process of answering that conclusively, whether he realizes it or not. ;-)

[wjcsux]

The only thing the tobacco settlement did was make a bunch of greedy trial lawyers very rich at the potential expense of our civil liberties. You had a bunch of do-gooders who wanted to punish "big tobacco". The tobacco settlement merely opened the door for more of this sort of thing to happen to other products that people take a dislike to. The dangers of tobacco have been known for over 50 years. I have an extremely difficult time feeling sorry for people who willingly engage in an activity (such as smoking) and harm themselves. They expect someone else to pick up the expense for their lack of personal responsibility.
I have raced cars, fly airplanes, shoot firearms, ride motorcycles, play basketball and engage in other activities that could potentially harm me. Never, in my wildest dreams, do I expect Harley-Davidson, Beechcraft, or anyone else to pay for my lack of responsibility! I do everything I possibly can to minimize my personal risks. I choose to engage in these activities for my personal enjoyment. Many people feel the same way about eating junk food, or smoking. Bottom line, you engage in the activity, you accept the risk!
Walter Williams is right on the money, as usual.

[Gabz]

We told them so!

And we've been telling them for years - but no one wanted to listen to us.

[farmall]

have you eaten at a chinese buffet??

[Ditter]

You want to ban cats from private homes? You really are radical.

[Wolfie]

We don't disagree, except for Williams' assertion of the genesis of the movement.

[Ditter]

LOL No I haven't because the MSG is airborne in thoes places are the calories airborne too?

[hollywood]

Ever think that Rush could be one of THEM!!!!!???? (Cue the Psycho music.)

[farmall]

they must be airborne cause i gain weight just driving by those places.

uh-oh maybe i should be walking or running rather than driving.

but i don't like cat so i don't eat there.

[newgeezer]

You want to ban cats from private homes? You really are radical.

You read that in my comments to you, and you presume to call anyone else "dense"?

With your last few posts here, you're building a sizable lead for Clymer Of The Week. Congratulations, and keep up the good work!

[Just another Joe]

but i don't like cat so i don't eat there.

Just switch from Chinese to Korean.
There's a lot more to a dog.

[William Terrell]

You have a problem. It is your problem, and it is the fault of no one else that you have it, and probably not even your fault. You share this problem with a small percentage of people in the US. It is your responsibility to manage it; that responsibility belongs to one one else, at no time, under any circumstances. Though there may be a number who sympathize and cooperate, they do so according to their choice.

To advocate the brutal and nondiscriminating force of law to protect you in your frailty by limiting the liberty of millions of of those no similarly afflicted is the very root and reason of tyranny.

Deal with your problem like a responsible adult.

[Jen]

I'm coming after you... And I'll keep coming back until the FReepathon reaches its goal.
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The longer the FReepathon lasts, the longer you'll see me! Oh the horror! Donate now. Do it 'for the children.'

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[wjcsux]

I have to agree 100%. I don't like smoking, either. I DO NOT have the right to tell others what to do, or force the heavy hand of government on them because I don't like what they are doing.
Many restaraunts had "non-smoking" sections. I am very sensitive to cigarette smoke, and I was never bothered. Now, we have Big Brother forcing a businesses to have a 100% "smoke free" environment. If these so called good citizens are so concerned, they don't have to do business with these establishments. I do, however believe smoking should be prohibited in such obvious places as stores, doctors offices and theatres.