[TSgt]

We will be moving there in a few years to a farm we bought. I hope Kentucky bans public smoking before then.

I never cease to be amazed at conservatives who whine about minority rule yet when the majority clearly decides they do not want public smoking they scream tyranny!

You can’t have it both ways...

[cripplecreek]

I never cease to be amazed at conservatives who whine about minority rule yet when the majority clearly decides they do not want public smoking they scream tyranny!

Actually I want constitutional government, not mob rule. After all there was a time when a majority of Americans supported slavery but it didn't make it constitutional.

[nkycincinnatikid]

You would be very comfortable in any of the larger Kentucky cities where they already enforce your own personal wishes.

But why is it again that you decided to move to a farm in a tobacco state where the folks still prefer to make their own choices?

[Osage Orange]

So when the majority decides you can only use 1000 gallons of gas a year, will you be okay with that?

How about when the majority decides you can't have guns?

So when the majority decides that you can't eat butter, meat, or eggs....Will you be fine with that?

When the majority says you must hand over 70% of your income...will you be okay with that?

When the majority says you need a smaller "carbon footprint", will you be okay with that?

[Smokin' Joe]

I never cease to be amazed at conservatives who whine about minority rule yet when the majority clearly decides they do not want public smoking they scream tyranny!

One of the quirks about our Republic is the concept that the rights of the few are protected against the consensus of the many. Otherwise, we would have a "Democracy", aka mob rule.

The question becomes one of whether or not you consider a business owner's right to decide whether or not to permit smoking on their premises a right.

If you don't, then you have trouble with property rights. Think about it.

Non-smoking establishments can advertise for the business of those who would prefer a different environment, and let the market decide. That's the American way.

[Gaffer]

I don’t call a 54% tally a ‘clear’ majority....likely within the MOE - additionally, this country is a country of laws, not mob rule. If you want smoking banned, ban the damned cigarettes alltogether then and then figure out how you’re gonna replace all those taxes paid on them in your state.

[teenyelliott]

I never cease to be amazed at conservatives who whine about minority rule yet when the majority clearly decides they do not want public smoking they scream tyranny! You can’t have it both ways...

My problem with it is government violating private property rights.

I DO NOT believe that any government, or group of private individuals, has the right to dictate what legal activities I choose to allow on my own property. That is at the sole discretion of the property owner.

If I own a restaurant, a bar or any other non-residential property it should be up to me whether or not I want to allow smoking, and up to my customers to vote with their feet.

Government can control government buildings and public property, nothing else.

I never cease to be amazed at conservatives who want to dictate the behavior of others based on their own preferences. Do you want a nanny state or do you not?

You can't have it both ways.

[Grunthor]

We do not live in a majority rule society and God willing we never will.

[Buckeye McFrog]

I never cease to be amazed at conservatives who whine about minority rule yet when the majority clearly decides they do not want public smoking they scream tyranny!

Do you enjoy Big Macs? Or ice cream sundaes? Or an occasional sip of Kentucky Bourbon? Cause we'd all be glad to come out and vote for a ballot initiative banning those things. It's all about whose ox is being gored (and no, I do not smoke)