"What really gets me is the absolute blindness expressed on these threads by supposed small government loving conservatives who are all in favor of this nonsense."
It proves that personal bias is an affliction found both in liberals and conservatives. I think most, if not all, of those who support the non-smoking bans in private establishments do so because they simply dislike smoke. Their personal bias on this issue blinds them to the greater, and most important issue of private property rights.
That blindness will be the destruction of this once great Republic.
No one who supports the government taking of rights can call themselves a conservative.
Conservatives who dislike cigarette smoke have 3 choices of how to handle the situation:
1. Talk to the owner of their favorite establishments about it;
2. Seek out places that do not permit smoking;
3. Open their own establishments.
Only liberals see government mandate as the way to go....when it comes to smoking there are an awful lot of closet liberals on Free Republic