1 posted on
01/13/2005 11:53:07 AM PST by
bob3443
To: SheLion; Gabz; Just another Joe
2 posted on
01/13/2005 11:55:03 AM PST by
appalachian_dweller
(Threat Level: Elevated - Basic list of survival gear @ my FR Homepage)
To: bob3443
Smoking is a freedom of speech i.e. personal liberty.There's a non sequitir for you. What logic lies behind this statement?
4 posted on
01/13/2005 11:59:25 AM PST by
RonF
To: bob3443
Smoking is a freedom of speech Sorry, you lost me there. I won't bother reading any further.
But, lest you get the wrong idea, I believe property owners have the right to set whatever rules they want with regard to whether and where smoking is permitted on their property. (On public property, the public decides, either through a ballot initiative or by proxy through their elected officials.)
5 posted on
01/13/2005 12:00:11 PM PST by
newgeezer
(Just my opinion, of course. Your mileage may vary. You have the right to be wrong.)
To: bob3443
What about the right of others to walk down the street and not be forced to inhale poluted air spewed out by someone with a burning pacifier stuck into their mouth?
To: bob3443
Sorry, as a smoker I cannot buy into this argument at all. Smoking is not a form of speech. However, if you get throat cancer it may restrict or even prohibit your speech.
To: bob3443
If burning a flag is free speech, why NOT smoking?
10 posted on
01/13/2005 12:06:40 PM PST by
trubluolyguy
(Men are from earth, women are from earth...deal with it!)
To: bob3443; Great Dane; Madame Dufarge; Gabz; MeeknMing; steve50; KS Flyover; Cantiloper; metesky; ...
18 posted on
01/13/2005 12:17:52 PM PST by
SheLion
(God bless our military members and keep them safe.)
To: bob3443
If this lunacy is the best the smokers anywhere anytime can come up with get ready to quit. It is amusing to watch desperate flailing about though.
To: bob3443
69 posted on
01/13/2005 1:24:41 PM PST by
Ignatz
(Strategic Air Command: Peace is our profession...........bombing's just a hobby!)
To: bob3443
"If Government regulates the use of private property in such a way as will harm the profitability of a business located on said private property, or the fair market value of the property itself, and by such regulation declare or imply that said property is in fact public, it stands to reason that the government in the position of owing just compensation to the owner of said property."Exactly! Excellent post. Thank you!
99 posted on
01/13/2005 1:48:31 PM PST by
TOUGH STOUGH
(I support Terri's supporters!!!!)
To: bob3443
How can an amendment be unconstitutional? Doesn't it stand on its own as part of the document?
130 posted on
01/13/2005 2:18:39 PM PST by
johnb838
(To Hell They Will Go. Killmore.)
To: bob3443
I am glad to see work being done on new arguments to stop the smoking bans. The old ones regarding private property just don't work.
182 posted on
01/13/2005 3:35:56 PM PST by
Raycpa
(Alias, VRWC_minion,)
To: bob3443
Whatever happened to the concept of liberty in this country? When did government become our mommy and daddy and adult citizens become children incapable of governing themselves? These bans are pure fascism.
And I don't even smoke.
To: bob3443
Anybody with two bits in their pocket can force their taste in music or lack there of on a room full of their betters.
217 posted on
01/13/2005 5:36:48 PM PST by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
(So I talk to myself, at least I am talking to a mind that is my equal)
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