[Diana in Wisconsin]

More details at the link...I couldn't get the bottom half of the article to copy.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Ping!

[xtinct]

Always wonder why s.o.m.e. non-smokers feel the need to confront smokers verbally ... truly not their place or business if someone smokes...

now, the zealots are getting physical...Throw the book at moonbat Ameson...

[Mr. Blonde]

Sounds like he shouldn’t be drinking if he is that angry.

[Viking2002]

I'd have ground out my Cohiba in his eye sockets, then ripped his boys off with my fist to punctuate my retort.

[Sudetenland]

"Most Righteous Nonsmoker of the Year"

Nah. Most self-righteous thug maybe...

[andy58-in-nh]

Anti-freedom people are not funny. Try that with me sometime, please. Sorry to be blunt, but I've about had it with these self-righteous little prigs.

[Gabz]

Leandro Reyes, 21, and Hannah Miller were outside the tavern having cigarettes along with others from the establishment, when Arneson, who knows Reyes as a schoolmate from Madison Area Technical College, came by.

Arneson, the criminal complaint against him says, told another female smoker, “You really shouldn’t be smoking.”

Reyes later told police he responded to Arneson by saying, “Why don’t you leave her alone, she can smoke if she wants to.”

That apparently greatly upset Arneson, who walked over to Reyes and punched him in the face with a close fist, knocking him to the ground, the criminal complaint against Arneson says.

“While Reyes was on the ground and unable to defend himself, Arneson punched him several more times,” the complaint says.

Hannah Miller gave a similar account of Arneson’s actions and said after he knocked Reyes to the ground, Arneson continued to pummel Reyes until others pulled him off and broke things up. Arneson walked away. Reyes told police a day later his face still hurt.

[Gabz]

Nanny State PING...............

The anti-smoker zealots have declared open season upon those who choose to use tobacco products, and even those who are non-smokers but not anti-smokers.

[Billthedrill]

Casey Arneson may not get the award for Most Righteous Nonsmoker of the Year, but he should probably be a nominee -- depending how you feel about the continuing war between smokers and nonsmokers.

I found the reporter's attitude toward this to be very disturbing. This has nothing to do with how anyone feels about the "war" between smokers and non-smokers and everything to do with how one feels about moralistic jerks committing assault and battery in a frenzy of self-righteousness.

It is, however, a revelation of the Left's attitude toward violence in general: if you agree with them, it's justified.

[fight_truth_decay]

Will smoking become cool again? ;)

I want to know what brand Obama smokes aka smoked. Talk about free advertising $$$$$$.

[happydogdesign]

Red Ingle - Cigareets & Whuskey...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqk3osxS4wQ

[Gator113]

New hate crime??

;>)

[TheConservativeParty]

Oh Madison, you’ve embarrassed yourself again!

According to the perp, the smokers shouldn’t have been smoking, presumably because the perp thinks it’s not healthy to smoke.

BUT he thinks pummeling someone IS good for a person’s health?

I’d go for a civil lawsuit on that guy and bleed him dry.
I hate cigarette smoke, but the bans in Madison in the bars are going too far. Putting bars out of business. I don’t like smoke, so I just stay out of bars. Smokers should not have to leave a bar to smoke, unless the OWNER of the bar has declared it smoke-free, not the local libtard government.

[MathDoc]

My thoughts - This liberal anti-smoking coward should pay dearly for his sucker punch and for pounding on a man while he was down when that man had not attacked him.

(1) Sue him for everything he owns or will ever own.

(2) Prosecute him for assault and battery with griveous bodily harm or however they define an attack one step below attempted murder.

(3) Lock him up for as long as we would lock up any other predator who poses a danger to decent people.

(4) Make sure his cellmate is a smoker, just for the entertainment value.

[mysterio]

When I was a smoker, I was threatened by an obese man who smelled my cigarette half a block away. I was smoking outside, and he chugged his was over to me and told me to put the thing out right now because I wasn't in an approved smoking area. I said no, and he started to put his stuff down so he could hit me. Looked like he was about to die from the overexertion, so I went ahead and put it out and went back inside.

I'm glad to be out of that game. Smoking is in the top five list of dumbest things I've ever done. That being said, violent psychopaths should be involuntarily committed and treated for their mental illness.

[Old Professer]

That was just a down payment...