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Years ago, he said, when restrictions on smoking were first introduced, "the spirit of the legislation was supposedly to protect people who did not want to be exposed to smoke." Today, he said, the motivating spirit had changed: People disapprove of the habit, and wish to restrict it whether or not it affects them directly.
1 posted on 11/22/2013 10:01:46 AM PST by TurboZamboni
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To: TurboZamboni

So. The solution here is to step outside on your porch or balcony and smoke away.

Ooops. I’m sure they have laws against that too.


2 posted on 11/22/2013 10:06:13 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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I guarantee you this will only be enforced on white, middle-class taxpayers. Can you see them trying to enforce it on the illegals living in those types of dwellings?


3 posted on 11/22/2013 10:06:22 AM PST by IYAS9YAS (Has anyone seen my tagline? It was here yesterday. I seem to have misplaced it.)
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To: TurboZamboni

If they try to prohibit the smoking of marijuana there will be hell to pay.


4 posted on 11/22/2013 10:07:24 AM PST by forgotten man
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It's much easier in today's world to just be a criminal.

/johnny

5 posted on 11/22/2013 10:08:30 AM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: TurboZamboni

I can’t imagine living in a “house” that shares walls.


6 posted on 11/22/2013 10:08:32 AM PST by Born to Conserve
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To: TurboZamboni
Today, he said, the motivating spirit had changed: People disapprove of the habit, and wish to restrict it whether or not it affects them directly.

That has ALWAYS been the motive behind the bans.

9 posted on 11/22/2013 10:11:12 AM PST by Gabz (Democrats for Voldemort.)
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The Left's "lifeboat" conception of healthcare will lead to an infinity of such interventions into our private lives. If "everyone" is paying for healthcare then "everyone" has a stake in how you conduct yourself and, thus, has a "right" to tell you what you can and can't ingest, what you can and can't weigh, how much sun you must or must not get, what medications you may or may not have, what surgery you may or may not receive, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera,... Universal healthcare is the key to universal control.
10 posted on 11/22/2013 10:11:47 AM PST by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes everything)
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21 posted on 11/22/2013 10:23:58 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: TurboZamboni

Instead of imposing these nuisance rules and regulations, why don’t the anti-smoking zealots push for a ban on the sale and possession of tobacco?


24 posted on 11/22/2013 10:44:23 AM PST by Fiji Hill (Io Triumphe!)
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That is a law, you can be sure, if I was unlucky enough to live there, I would not follow. lol

Catch me if you can commies :)


25 posted on 11/22/2013 10:44:30 AM PST by eXe (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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well, let’ see...

the Arabs sneak more Arabs into Gaza
they sneak assault weapons into Gaza
they sneak missiles into Gaza
they sneak even more Arabs into Gaza
they sneak bombs into Gaza

they even sneak LIONS into Gaza (how do you do that? hide them in your jock strap?)

but.. they can’t find food in Gaza for a couple little cubs?

SOLUTION — move the Arabs and their lions back to Egypt.

problem solved (at least for the future, its a shame about the little kitty kats, we just love kitty kats!)


28 posted on 11/22/2013 10:49:43 AM PST by faithhopecharity
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And they(Californians) wonder WHY we DO NOT want ANY of thier “Ideas” infiltrating the other states(look what they(Californians) have done to California, Oregon, Washington State and Nevada!


31 posted on 11/22/2013 10:57:39 AM PST by US Navy Vet (Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
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That’s how they do it. Little by little until there is no freedom left.


32 posted on 11/22/2013 10:58:50 AM PST by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible traitors. Complicit in the destruction of our country.)
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How many breaths of air are you allowed to take per minute and how deep?


34 posted on 11/22/2013 10:59:03 AM PST by 353FMG
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As much as I loath, despise, abhor, and abominate Whoopie Goldberg, she was told she could not smoke in her million dollar condo in NYC.

She tried to fight “them” and LOST.

So she had to quit smoking.

She was SO ANGRY about it. I thought it was FUNNY! :-)


37 posted on 11/22/2013 11:10:09 AM PST by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: TurboZamboni

How many such restrictions will be put on legalized marijuana?

Oh wait, they just gon’ do it anyway.


39 posted on 11/22/2013 11:13:37 AM PST by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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