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Marriott to make all US, Canada hotels non-smoking
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| 7/19/2006
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Posted on 07/19/2006 4:47:01 AM PDT by xrp
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To: AppyPappy
Soon I will be goose-stepping on my way to take away their civil rights. Truth rides in the trunk when emotion takes the wheel.Do you feel that non-smokers have more rights than non-smokers? Why? Please show proof of any health claims. I will show proof of their rejection by other sources.
I used to live in Wilmington, NC. "Back in the old days", as you drove west you came in contact with a most obnoxious odor, Regal Paper Mill, in Riegelwall, NC. the sulphur fumes were so stinky at times, you thought someone crapped on your seat.
The people that lived around there never smelled anything but a paycheck!
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posted on
07/19/2006 7:59:21 AM PDT
by
pageonetoo
(You'll spot their posts soon enough!)
To: Xenalyte
I would note, at the risk of being incorrectly labeled an anti-smoker, that smoking is a choice, not a necessity. An employer is under no obligation to accommodate it.That's fine. And smoking employees have no gun to their heads forcing them to work for an anti smoking employer, either. Are they!
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posted on
07/19/2006 7:59:49 AM PDT
by
SheLion
("If you're legal, you can fly with the Eagle!" - Michael Anthony)
To: pageonetoo
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posted on
07/19/2006 8:00:00 AM PDT
by
pageonetoo
(You'll spot their posts soon enough!)
To: subterfuge
That was partly my point. Non-smokers typically don't want to be smelling smoke but use the health hazards of second hand smoke to enact restrictions. An honest approach is to simply say the smell of smoke is offensive to many and is literally nauseating to some. That way, they are not hiding behind the second hand smoke issue. A friend in high school would actually start throwing up in the presence of cigarrette smoke. It literally made her vomit. Not a pleasant way for a teenager to live.
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posted on
07/19/2006 8:00:55 AM PDT
by
doc30
(Democrats are to morals what and Etch-A-Sketch is to Art.)
To: mysterio
I will stay there. In fact, I stay exclusively @ Marriott hotels. It's rare, but there have been times where a smoker is in the elevator while lit up which stinks the whole thing up. This will make the hotel chain that I stay at 100% smoke free air.
While I support smokers' rights, I have greater support for private industry making the decisions they choose to implement for their business.
Marriott will continue to get 100% of my business when I travel for work (125 nights in Marriott in 2005 and on track for 110 nights this year).
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posted on
07/19/2006 8:01:42 AM PDT
by
xrp
(Fox News Channel: MISSING WHITE GIRL NETWORK)
To: SheLion
Correct. So it all works out!
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posted on
07/19/2006 8:01:49 AM PDT
by
Xenalyte
(Anything is possible when you don't understand how anything happens.)
To: doc30
how rude. Were you in this house when the offer was made? Were you in this house to smell it? Were you there when I got a couple grand off the price because of the smoke infestation?Oh! Excuse me pompous azz. It's always been my contention that cleanliness is next to Godliness.
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posted on
07/19/2006 8:02:49 AM PDT
by
SheLion
("If you're legal, you can fly with the Eagle!" - Michael Anthony)
To: traditional1
You know what? I STILL chew tobacco, sometimes nicotine gum and I even smoke occasionally. I'm a total nicotine addict, but I bristle at those who think their habit should be imposed on others.
Your reply is full of crap. You tried to turn the issue to "outside, on your property" when the comments that prompted your reply, and my retort, were with respect to smoke filling a hotel room through a ventilaton system.
Look at your own excerpt on your own cry-baby reply if you don't remember.
You expressly demonstrated that you don't care if your stinky smoke enters a hotel room via a ventilaton system, irritating those in the non-smoking room or those who are allergic to your smoke.
Victimhood? Your original reply casted YOU as the victim. The entire tone was as follows:
"Poor me, a misunderstood victim of horrible PC think! People that don't like my smoke and who complain about it are big meanies!" Pure hogwash of an argument.
It is about common decency, which you demonstrated you lack, not PC think.
And I don't act the victim. I already mentioned that I retaliate.
Blow smoke in my face and I won't run to the government. I will get even.
Ruin my hotel stay and I will demand a refund or a new room from the hotel (and they will respond as the chain in question here did - kicking you rude people out!).
I've hocked lugies on the back of rude smokers who blow smoke in my face and refused to move their filthy habit away from me when I asked them to.
I give people every opportunity to act the decent human being. If they refuse and act like you, I respond in kind.
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posted on
07/19/2006 8:05:05 AM PDT
by
bluefish
(Holding out for worthy tagline...)
To: xrp
"I have greater support for private industry making the decisions they choose to implement for their business.That's the way it should be, without special interest blackmail, government interference, and purely an economic choice by the owners.
The extortion by special interests and the support of Liberal Activist judges and flawed science to support it is where the problem begins. Indoctrination into joining the majority by mis-education and emotional appeal is where the line is crossed, clearly.
If it's YOUR business, you decide FREELY what policy you will implement, and focus on your bottom-line. However, implementation of trendy laws to accommodate political-correctness has cast a pall over even this issue.
To: bluefish
"You know what? I STILL chew tobacco, sometimes nicotine gum and I even smoke occasionally. I'm a total nicotine addict, but I bristle at those who think their habit should be imposed on others. Your reply is full of crap. You tried to turn the issue to "outside, on your property" when the comments that prompted your reply, and my retort, were with respect to smoke filling a hotel room through a ventilaton system. Look at your own excerpt on your own cry-baby reply if you don't remember. You expressly demonstrated that you don't care if your stinky smoke enters a hotel room via a ventilaton system, irritating those in the non-smoking room or those who are allergic to your smoke. Victimhood? Your original reply casted YOU as the victim. The entire tone was as follows: "Poor me, a misunderstood victim of horrible PC think! People that don't like my smoke and who complain about it are big meanies!" Pure hogwash of an argument. It is about common decency, which you demonstrated you lack, not PC think. And I don't act the victim. I already mentioned that I retaliate. Blow smoke in my face and I won't run to the government. I will get even. Ruin my hotel stay and I will demand a refund or a new room from the hotel (and they will respond as the chain in question here did - kicking you rude people out!). I've hocked lugies on the back of rude smokers who blow smoke in my face and refused to move their filthy habit away from me when I asked them to. I give people every opportunity to act the decent human being. If they refuse and act like you, I respond in kind. "Yawn
As all the anti-smoke zealots, you are all hat and no cattle.
To: pageonetoo
There is no right to smoke so I don't get the gist of your question.
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posted on
07/19/2006 8:11:20 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: xrp
More reason to stay at Marriott, IMO. Plus, a lessened risk of fire to the entire building from some smoker falling asleep with a lit cigarette.
I did learn a little trick about using vanilla to freshen up a hotel smoking room. Pour some into the ash trays or glasses and let it stand while you go out for a while.
It helps some...
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posted on
07/19/2006 8:15:18 AM PDT
by
prairiebreeze
(I am a proud friend of Israel.)
To: xrp
Yes, they have a right to do this. I have never smoked and also like the smell of a never-smoked-in hotel room, but I do hope they get hurt doing this. If this succeeds, they will feel confident enough to start restricting other things.
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posted on
07/19/2006 8:20:11 AM PDT
by
bigjoesaddle
("Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats." -- P.J. O'Rourke)
To: SheLion
There is no more negotiating or compromising with antis. They must not be given any business, and they must not be allowed to enable government. They are the friend of nanny government and a penny sent their way is used against us. They have chosen their side, and now must be forced to lose 23% of their business.
To: SheLion
I agree 100%
Meanwhile in MA, they override the gov's veto and pass legislation to allow the selling of hypo needles over the counter. Demonize smokers, and elevate heroin users. Down is up, up is down.
We all know smoking can cause health concerns, but we also know the propaganda about second hand smoke is a bunch of hooey!
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posted on
07/19/2006 8:30:27 AM PDT
by
gidget7
(PC is the huge rock, behind which lies hide!)
To: ladyjane
There is a difference between changing diapers and smoking. The odor from diaper usually disipates (sic) after 10 minutes. No kidding. You must be a really smart person. (But maybe you have difficulty with analogies?)
Maybe you were confused because you associate each with unpleasant odors and you think that can be the only association? How 'bout if I hypothesized that they banned prayer inside their rooms, and they you had to go outside the building to pray. Would they still be "welcoming" religious people?
ML/NJ
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posted on
07/19/2006 8:34:32 AM PDT
by
ml/nj
To: AppyPappy
There is no right to smoke so I don't get the gist of your question.That certainly is a ridiculous classification of "rights". Who died and made you the arbiter. Do non-smokers have "rights"? We haven't made it to Amerika, yet! Keep trying, maybe you can get it there, yet. /s
It's all about your rights, not mine, with you (corporately)!
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posted on
07/19/2006 8:39:00 AM PDT
by
pageonetoo
(You'll spot their posts soon enough!)
To: ml/nj
Just the kind of response I'd expect from a smoker from New Jersey! LOL
To: SheLion
To: SheLion
you will still bitch because you can SEE us!
Not me...I'm one of the huddled puffing masses my ownself!
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posted on
07/19/2006 9:13:59 AM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(Meep Meep)
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