I pay taxes too. As a matter of fact, as a smoker I pay way more than my "fair share" of taxes and I have been denied the right to use public facilites in a way I see fit. Walking down the street in the open air smoking a cigarette is suddenly a crime and I'm supposed to roll over like a damn trained surrender monkey because a second year law school squirt like you comes up with some double talking BS?
And while I'm on it, why do you feel the need to write a damn treatise every time you show on these threads? Showing off your expensive education? Just feeling superior to the great unwashed?
These issues are nothing to be resonable about! Jaw jaw and being resonable is what gives these turds the idea that they can push people around and some one has to stand at the crossroads yelling stop.
I can see that ain't you, younster.
Wow, a little sensitive are we? I never said the bans were a good idea and I never said people should just meekly accept them. I'm just interested to see other people's opinion on how much power local governments should have over public spaces.
And while I'm on it, why do you feel the need to write a damn treatise every time you show on these threads? Showing off your expensive education? Just feeling superior to the great unwashed?
I like to discuss ideas, kind of like how it used to be done on this website. I get tired of throwing one-liners back and forth with people. I don't see how that's going to win anyone over to our side.
These issues are nothing to be resonable about! Jaw jaw and being resonable is what gives these turds the idea that they can push people around and some one has to stand at the crossroads yelling stop. I can see that ain't you, younster.
Okay Pops :) Maybe you can show me the error of my ways. Like I said, I'm not comfortable with the idea of banning public smoking. But how can we argue that regulating this "nuisance" is off limits without saying the same for other nuisances? You've already mentioned a good point about the extra taxes that smokers pay. What else?