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To: CSM
Who held the gun that forced you to attend these games?

No one. I guess I thought you'd be able to figure it out for yourself.

Since the majority of people are happier without the smoke in the arena now it's your choice whether to attend or not and no one is holding a gun to your head.

On a side note, you'll note no drop in attendance due to the new laws or in bar business in New York as had been predicted by some of the zealots. Now if smokers want to smoke they can do so outside. It's their choice, not ours anymore.

511 posted on 06/03/2004 6:11:28 AM PDT by sakic
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To: sakic

You really need to go back and read what you posted regarding Fascism.

First you said: "You keep lying about my position and then yelling at me for this imaginary position. Congratulations."

In response to my statement of: "Using government force to make other's bend to your preferences so your nose isn't offended is Fascism."

Then in the very next post you state: "On a side note, you'll note no drop in attendance due to the new laws or in bar business in New York as had been predicted by some of the zealots. Now if smokers want to smoke they can do so outside. It's their choice, not ours anymore."

You claim to not be Fascist, but then turn around and celebrate the use of government force to bend the use of private property to your preferences. Do you see your problem in this argument?


513 posted on 06/03/2004 6:17:47 AM PDT by CSM (Liberals may see Saddam's mass graves in Iraq as half-full, but I prefer to see them as half-empty.)
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To: sakic
On a side note, you'll note no drop in attendance due to the new laws or in bar business in New York as had been predicted by some of the zealots. Now if smokers want to smoke they can do so outside. It's their choice, not ours anymore.

To me, you have it exactly backwards. The public has every right to set the rules for behavior on the sidewalk (presuming it is a public sidewalk) and no right ot set the rules inside the private arena.

518 posted on 06/03/2004 7:03:27 AM PDT by laredo44 (Liberty is not the problem..)
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