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Rabid? No.
Informed? Yes.
Which seems to be more than you.

Rabid about smoking bans? Yes! Smoking bans are not about smoking or not smoking. Smoking bans are about government control of private property.

Would I want my children to smoke? It's their choice. I've told them that I enjoy smoking, that I wouldn't smoke if I didn't enjoy it.
I've also told them that not everyone enjoys smoking and not everyone enjoys anyone smoking.
I've also told them about private property rights and socialistic governments.

And why is it any of your business? Do you not participate in any single activity that could, possibly, based on some studies, shorten your life span? Think carefully, if you're willing to believe too many studies then eggs, milk, caffiene, red meat, lack of red meat, bread, and hifructose corn syrup are all KILLERS and if you ingest ANY of them you're reducing your lifespan by YEARS and maybe even DECADES.

So maybe you ought to get your own house in order before hassling other people.

Smoking must really be a VERY big issue for you Joe. You most certainly are rabid about the topic. Do you have children Joe? If so, do you honestly want them to smoke?

Let me jump in on this one. There is a BIG group of Freepers that are VERY rabid about this topic. How long have you been apart of Free Republic? We have the Smoker's Lounge each week, and we all post the nasties being done to the adults who choose to smoke a legal product.

I don't know about Joe, but I raised a beautiful daughter who now has a babe of her own. She started smoking at 16, as well as I did. She was brought up with my hubby and I, who both smoked.

I smoked during pregnancy, smoked in the maternity ward, as well as many other mothers, and I was a nursing mother who also smoked. My daughter never had any child hood diseases and surely never had ASTHMA! She is as healthy as healthy gets. She lifts weights, works out on a regular basis IN THE GYM and yes, she smokes. Since her hubby is Air Force, they do not smoke around the baby.

They take turns going out onto the balcony. They do NOT want to be turned in for smoking around their baby, since the nanny's will turn them in. It's a damn good thing this was going on when I was giving birth!

My daughter smokes......my daughter enjoys a beer or two. Does my daughter do drugs? NO! Does my daughter beat her spouse? NO! Is my daughter a Christian? YES!

We have way too many nanny's in this world trying to dictate to the rest of us how we are to live our lives. Sorry to disappoint you, but it 'ain't gonna happen' my friend.

I'm not Joe, but he's a friend of mine and I'm just as "rabid" about the topic as he is. EVERYONE who gives a fig about private property rights and individual liberties should be scared to death about what's happening in the War on Smokers and if you're not, seeing as how you're here on FR, you probably don't have a clue.

Do you have children Joe? If so, do you honestly want them to smoke? I have children and grandchildren, and whether or not they smoke is one of the least important things you could ask about them. They are happy! They are healthy! They are active! They are good, compassionate, God-fearing people who believe in this country! They are intelligent and well-educated! In other words, whether they choose to smoke is WAY down on the bottom of the list of things I worry about. Right above worrying that the littlest ones are so softhearted, they might turn out to be Democrats,