What she really means is:
If I can't won't enjoy a cup of coffee with a cigarette, I won't can't go out to eat,"
That's the typical way selfish, inconsiderate smokers show their strong support for unwitting property owners and their "rights".
Hypocrites.
Not necessarily so. If you have something that you enjoy doing, say reading the paper, while you drink your cup of coffee. If a certain establishment says that you can't read your paper while drinking your cup of coffee because it will give everyone else the dreaded paper envy disease, would you want to spend money in that establishment?
And speaking of unwitting property owners and their "rights", are you sure that you believe that property owners HAVE any rights?
I don't know where you are from, but in this particular case - you're wrong.
Restaurant owners were not unwitting in this situation - they just didn't think it would happen and sat around and did nothing.
And it goes beyond restaurants and bars.
I do consultant work from my home - no one ever comes here, but I do have a home business. If I renew my business license next January - I will be unable to smoke in my home.
This is definitely a private property rights issue.
A friend of mine who owns a shop downtown has seperate offices upstairs - where the public is not invited. Under the letter of this law, and according to one of the local papers, the intent of this law - he will no longer be able to smoke in his own office upstairs from his store - and he owns the building.
anyone who doesn't think this is a private property issue - has no concept of how far reaching this ban is.
Thank you, oh Omniscient One for supplying a translation for those of us unable to read and understand the English language.
That's the typical way selfish, inconsiderate smokers dweebs like lewislynn show their strong support for unwitting property owners and their "rights".
Hypocrite!
Well, we'll just have to fix that then, won't we? Maybe Delaware should pass a law requiring people to go out to eat twice per week. Hmm, or maybe just smokers...
Yeah, that's it. When purchasing a pack of cigarettes, smokers will be issued a coupon that must be validated at a restaurant where they went out to eat. They will not be permitted to purchase another pack of cigarettes without this validated receipt.
This way restaurants will not be penalized for passage of this law, and the only people who suffer are smokers, who are so evil that they deserve no sympathy anyway. Anyone who opposes this law will be classified as a smoker-supporter, with penalties to be determined as soon as I can figure out who to sue...
Drew Garrett