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No it is not, when one obtains a license to operate business in any city, it falls under health codes.

I wonder how many people used this arguement when the first health rules and inspectors went out to prevent the spread of disease in all of the licensed food establishments.

The best thing here would be to have all of this put to a nationwide vote and let the majority rule on it. Smokers would erve themselves best by creating a referendum.

Afterall that is a true test in a democracy.

Ops4 God BLess America!

Since when do we live in a Democracy? I thought we lived in a Republic.

I would also assert that these regulations and government intervention into the market are all wrong. I would prefer to have a private company certify the cleanliness, etc. of restaurants. They would be much better at it and I wouldn't mind owning such a business. You do know what a 4 star hotel is right?

What if a nationwide vote resulted in requiring all restaurants and bars to allow smoking? Would you say that is wrong? Of course, and so would I, it is the property owners choice.

Please show me how SHS causes health problems, therefore making this a health issue. Yes, it can irritate problems, but I would be willing to wager that your mother's asthma/allergy is triggered by more things than ETS.

What would be an acceptable level of ETS?

Now, would you care to answer my question regarding support of a ban on Shellfish or Peanuts being served at restaurants? It would be in the name of health....

OPS4 wrote, "The best thing here would be to have all of this put to a nationwide vote and let the majority rule on it. Smokers would erve themselves best by creating a referendum.

Afterall that is a true test in a democracy."

That's pure bullshit. Democracy is overrated. Lynch mobs were microcosms of the democratic process and a fine example of tyranny of the majority. Perhaps you'd like to put it to the democratic process here to ban you from this board and take away your right to free speech? The US was supposed to be soundly based on the rule of law, so that lady justice can weigh the facts, blind to the attributes of litigants external to the facts of the case. This country's principles were supposed to be soundly embedded in private property rights and capitalism, not socialism or communism. You don't like smokey barrooms, you have every right under the law to put your own capital on the line and take the risk to open your own.

It doesn't "take a village" to raise a child. It takes parents teaching them survival skills, something that your parents apparently ignored since you espouse having a nanny government to help you make it through the day and fight off the big bad bogeymen infiltrating your dreams. Those who would trade a little bit of liberty for either safety or security don't deserve any of the three.

The best thing here would be to have all of this put to a nationwide vote and let the majority rule on it. Smokers would erve themselves best by creating a referendum. Afterall that is a true test in a democracy.

Democracy = 2 wolves and one sheep deciding what's for dinner. Guess what's for dinner? Remember: Hitler was elected!