[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.

[nd2bfree]

I agree the reporter is a biased. the reporter also states the anti-smoker won the fight. its pretty obvious that the anti threw a “sucker punch”. Not much of a chance for self defense. The left always pushes for hate crime prosecutions unless of course it is something that is not their agenda. This would seem to qualify as some sort of hate crime just not according to the left.

[upsdriver]

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

Plenty of anti-smoking nazis on the right, too. Personally, I am sick of the whole lot of them and I am not a smoker.