With campus tobacco ban, OSU hopes to clear the air

The Daily Oklahoman ^ | July 1, 2008 | Susan Simpson

[Freedom Dignity n Honor]

Burns Hargis, I used to respect you but now I believe that you should be drummed out of the Republican Party, and perhaps, tarred and feathered in effigy.

You're no conservative, you nanny stater. How dare you presume to think you know what's best for other people? Stay out of people's legal, private lives.

Good Grief! What's happened to the Republican Party?

I will never watch another tv show that you particpate in, I will never vote nor contribute money for you if you run for office, I will never go to OSU, I will never knowingly spend money where that money might go to OSU.

It's hard to believe that I might now respect the Democrat Mike Turpin more than I do you.

Signed,

A cousin of Mike Turpin and son's deceased body trainer.

FDH

[Red Badger]

I bet their “ban” on marijuana works well, too..............

[WayneS]

But... can they still smoke WEEEEEEED???

[G.Mason]

" ... OSU President Burns Hargis said the policy aims to make OSU a clean and healthy environment ... "

Clean & healthy?

While corrupting heads full of mush with Marxist Socialist ideas?

Yes sir! That's the ticket.

[Freedom Dignity n Honor]

I bet they turn a blind eye on the pot while they go after smoking cigarettes, eating cheesecake and hamburgers, and drinking soda.

Who has the smoking ping list since dear SheLion has passed? Metsky?

[Graybeard58]

and perhaps, tarred and feathered in effigy.

Why "in effigy"?

[Don Carlos]

You are deceased? ;^)

Agree about Hargis. Probably shows why he never got far in Oklahoma politics.

[Freedom Dignity n Honor]

Because I figure a real tarring and feathering would be assault. LOL!

[Freedom Dignity n Honor]

No, just a cousin of Mike Turpin and son’s deceased body trainer. When my cousin died Mike Turpin and Burns Hargis both mentioned him and their sorrow at his passing on their show.

[WayneS]

Sort of like the Dutch.

It is now illegal to smoke in a bar, there unless you are smoking PURE cannabis. If it is “cut” with any tobacco at all, you are subject to arrest (there was an article posted yesterday about that).

[Freedom Dignity n Honor]

You’ll have to excuse me for being gone for a while now, I have to go to school.

[Manfred the Wonder Dawg]

sigh (no energy left for outrage)

My wife and I (and our older brothers) graduated from OSU many years ago. While none of us are smokers, this is sad.

At least they haven’t outlawed bear! That’s what keeps the local Stillwater economy going. Although they did whack that pretty good a few years back when the drinking age was raised from 18 to 21 (bet that stopped the freshmen from drinking!).

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

What about a Farting Ban.

[timm22]

"We think it's a very minor inconvenience to those that want to continue smoking, he said. "It's not like we're cutting their leg off.

Why is it even necessary in the first place?

So campus liberals won't be disturbed by the knowledge that someone, somewhere is smoking a cigarette?

It's much less of an inconvenience to simply look away when someone else is smoking. Why not adopt that as the school policy instead?

[antisocial]

Dang, this is not just a smoking ban, it looks like it bans chewing tobacco too. I guess they are afraid of second hand spit!

[metesky]

Unfortunately I don’t. Let me ping a couple of folks who might have the list...

[wardaddy]

Cigarette smokers had better start fighting back.

[Gabz]

Nanny State Ping.

[GOP_Lady]

This is far past STUPID — it’s DO-GOODER INSANITY run amok.

[GOP_Lady]

Below is a comment by a person on the news site. Could someone here possibly explain this to me? I just don't think this it is possible.

"...but after a day of classes I still smelled like a bar because there was a swarm of smokers around every door..."