Smoking Ban Faces Little Protest (???) Boston

Yahoo News ^ | 16 October 2002

[MacDorcha]

and yet still, you say it, but there is no proof on either end. just a general distaste from the public that i seem to follow, and a general rebelion that you seem compelled to. maybe it isnt about whos right, but why they do it.

[Just another Joe]

joe presented me with his evidence as i asked for it.

Oh, I didn't give you but a smidgen.
There's a LOT more out there.

[Just another Joe]

just a general distaste from the public that i seem to follow

Now we come back to the topic at hand.
Should a general distaste be enough to BAN or prohibitively tax a product?
Should it be enough to have the government intervene?

[MacDorcha]

i guess that depends on if the area involved supports it or not

[Gabz]

i choose to live in a time where standing up for yourself made you a pinacle, not a thorn.

Ah, Politically correct, I see.

Well I have been considered to be a thorn to many people for many years because they don't particularly care for the fact that I have been able to keep them from taking over.

Yet I am also considered a pinnacle in many areas for many of those same reasons.

Being a thorn is generally a more necessary position to take when one seeks to maintain the foundations upon which this nation was founded. With out the thorns that were our founding fathers you would probably still be living that simple life of Beowulf you so admire.

[Just another Joe]

i guess that depends on if the area involved supports it or not

Shouldn't even be in the equation for state or federal governments.
If you want to go down to county or municiple I MIGHT be able to see it.

[oldtimer]

It is beyond belief that our society has degenerated into a doubleplusungood degree of political correctness that our boy? little Macdorcha walks in lock step with the life style police.

This country is literaly screwed because of marxist leaders teaching in the Universities, libs who want power, and a breakdown of common sense.

Probition of smoking will bring it back as a vogue big time.

She lion, you are one of my heros. Hang in there.

[Gabz]

I'm not concerned about what you posted to someone else - you posted to me I responded and asked you a question. You replied with a question.

I will answer yours when you answer mine - that is the way the world works.

[MacDorcha]

PC my ass. its called a metaphor. i compared myself to something without stating i was like it or not. i like poetry and raw emotion. if i was being PC, i woulda said "im not a "honky" im a Cauco-American."

[MacDorcha]

read. you can do it. why should i post something twice that you could just find yourself?

[MacDorcha]

maybe, but keep in mind, we are a republic with democratic tendancies. we vote for our representatives to do as we believe they will do good. if we dont like what was lain for us by said reps, we can:
A) vote them out
B) not give them money
C) call for a common vote (in some cases)
or D) any or all of the above

[Just another Joe]

We are supposed to be a CONSTITUTIONAL republic.

[SheLion]

It is beyond belief that our society has degenerated into a doubleplusungood degree of political correctness that our boy? little Macdorcha walks in lock step with the life style police.

This country is literaly screwed because of marxist leaders teaching in the Universities, libs who want power, and a breakdown of common sense.

I appreciate your words so very much! And yes, it is very sad in this day when our youth are brain washed and marching lock step, in brown shirts, with the Marxists of today who only want to take down America and it's Freedoms.

Most of us see it. It's no mystery. The schools start with the very young. Brain washing and digging into personal family lives to find out "why" the child isn't progressing. It scares me to live today. But, it's all we have, and I really do love life!

I love people, too. Just the hardheaded ones who refuse to want the same rights extended to us that they are allowed are the ones I go after.

Your my hero, too, oldtimer!

[SheLion]

i like poetry and raw emotion.

You into whips and chains too?

[SheLion]

read. you can do it. why should i post something twice that you could just find yourself?

Your pretty full of yourself, aren't you?

[MacDorcha]

true, but what specifically does the Constitution say about such a case? doesnt it say that we should take it into our hands only in the extreme? if only the people had a say (mob rule), we'd vote on every detail in life, and wednever get anything done. if we just give all our powers to those we see fit to represent us, then we can move on in faith that if things dont go how we like them this time around, we can try to rock the vote the next time. and if those in power express a wanting of to much power(i.e. Hitler), then we may do as we see fit with such a person.

[MacDorcha]

yeah...

[MacDorcha]

riiight, i am the typical follower.... which is exatcly why im one of the only voices in here in opposition to the group. again, if we all agree, no one's thinking.

[MacDorcha]

you have the same rights as i do. i chose not to smoke. it was your right to chose, you live with the consequences.

[oldtimer]

Why don't you go play in the traffic little boy.