Sticking up for common scents (Banning perfume in Ottawa,Canada)

The Ottawa Sun ^ | Tue, May 30, 2006 | Earl McRae

[fanfan]

First they came for the smokers..........

[fanfan]

Canada ping!

Please FReepmail me to get on or off this ping list.

Nanny State ping request.

[-=[_Super_Secret_Agent_]=-]

I hope voters are listening to Lowell Green.


Bringing the cities to form a bigger one was Harris biggest mistake.

[GeorgiaDawg32]

they came for the smokers and got them..NOW I wanna see all those who fought against smokers but wear perfume fight this..after all, if not smoking was good for everyone, outlawing bad perfume is also good for everyone..

it's called "project creep" in the corporate world..as long as we're doing A, we should do B, and since we're going to do B, we can do C..translation: as long as we've outlawed smoking (A), we can now stop fragrances (B), and as long as we're outlawing (A) and (B) we can now outlaw (C - whatever that will be)..

[ThomasThomas]

I would like to raise a stink about food also. I think broccoli stinks. I'm sure I would get support for this from Bush 41. There are many foods witch stink. Most of them from other countries. Now back to this thread everybody know that perfume inVENTed in France by the French! sat/

Apple pie smell the best!

[Fair Go]

Are these people for real?

[fanfan]

They need to replace Lowell with 'Nick at night'.

He's very good, and very conservative.
He's got great values.
Have you listened to him?

[fanfan]

Alex Cullen.

Google it.

Blech!

[Knitting A Conundrum]

I have to wear n95 and r95 masks for chemically triggered asthma sometimes because of those scents, but I'm not asking for people to give them up...but if I hadn't discovered masking, I don't know what I would have done.

[Westlander]

And this crap is coming from a country, where the city of Toronto imports 100% of it's garbage to Wayne County-Michigan.

[fanfan]

it's called "project creep" in the corporate world..

That's exactly what it is!

Busy bodies.
They've always been around. It's just that they have never had this much power before, unless I was just not seeing it.

Nah!

;-)

[fanfan]

I like broccoli.

:-)

[fanfan]

My Dad used to remind me that necessity was the mother of invention.
I'm glad you can protect yourself from things that cause you discomfort.


I find many perfumes have a throat constricting effect on me. I'm with you, I don't want it outlawed.


The big question is.................

Is there a way to outlaw BO?

;-)

[Hawk1976]

I'm one of those people that has an extreme allergic reaction to perfume. My eyes tear up, my nose begins to water, I begin sneezing uncontrollably. "Disabled" would be a fair description, I can't function.

I think the effects are similar to tear gas without the stinging is a good way to put it. If I'm in an enclosed room or within six feet of someone wearing perfume, I have to move quick.

[ThomasThomas]

I also like foods that smell, like peanut butter. And I know some very nice people that smell bad. Some BO some bad perfume. Just because you buy it in a bottle doesn't mean it don't stink.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

There are times I would rather smell BO than walk down the air freshener aisle at the grocery store...But what works best is changing one's clothes often enough and wearing undershirts. And avoiding synthetic fibers, which hold scent longer.

Of course knowing that, and convincing other people of that are two different things...

[TruthSetsUFree]

I think the person who wrote this article truly doesn't understand how disabling these scents are when one has a reaction to them. I get terrible headaches from perfumes, scented deodorants, etc. which makes it difficult to do much of anything when I have them. But I agree with you that just because they affect *me* that way doesn't mean they should be outlawed for everyone else. But this guy doesn't have a clue when it comes to understanding the effects of synthetic scents for some people.

[fanfan]

Of course knowing that, and convincing other people of that are two different things...

LOL!

See you tomorrow.

:-)

[Sometimes A River]

Yes and they are in power all over the West

[Graybeard58]

I like broccoli.

I do too.

It's chicken that I want to ban. I know it's unAmerican of me but I hate it.