[Max McGarrity]

tacis, were you born a jerk or did you have to work at it?

He runs a public place and if I am in it, I don't want to be forced to suffer the by-product of some other customer's personal weakness or stupidity. Whether that customer is playing a radio at max volume, burning strong incense, burning tire chunks or burning tobacco, he does not have the right to take my freedom.

He does NOT run a "public place," he runs a PRIVATE BUSINESS! Your freedom is not to enter. If you do enter, it's Ditka's "air," not yours.

The smoke nazis refuse to recognize how annoying their addiction is and their name calling isn't going to change that.

Smoke is not nearly as annoying or offensive and you and your kind, at least to normal people. And YOUR name calling isn't going to change that.

Freeze your a** off, you stupid smoker!

You're such a shining example of your kind. Bet you failed your IQ test.

[davisdoug]

And so it begins again. SHS if it were that deadly would claim the lives of tens of millions of folks a year. The ignorant are very close to the level of calling for genocide and asking the UN to step in to "save the future children". As a nation, our ancestors have endured far more extraneous poisons. Most of which were encountered in the drive to expand our country and enable the "strip mall socialists" to have the confortable lives they live today. Ignorance is Bliss.

[Kenny Bunk]

Well folks, you got both sides of the argument down OK!

Let's see what the judge says. My question:

If there's no smoking anywhere, how's it going to hurt business? Has it been shown that people will stay home to eat and drink?

What about smoking sections for restaurants and bars with their own ventilation? That seems to work. Can't we all just get along?

[auggy]

"Freeze your a** off, you stupid smoker! You're such a shining example of your kind. Bet you failed your IQ test."

Way to go Max.