[honeygrl]

"Minion bolsters his argument by telling me that since WWII more airmen have been lost to second-hand smoke than to combat, and when I ask him how many that is, he says it doesn't matter. Am I missing something here? "

He was quoting that from an af.mil news article which doesn't cite any background research for the statement at all. And it wasn't second hand smoke, it was smoking in general according to af.mil. I still don't buy that as a valid point that relates to any of this.

[kevao]

I still don't buy that as a valid point that relates to any of this.

I'm not even sure what minion's point is anymore. As best I can tell, minion is saying that the government can trample private property rights when it comes to smoking bans because the military bans smoking in boot camp.