[qam1]

Puff

[thoughtomator]

Don't we already have a do-gooder-free DC? If there is anybody who does good in the Capitol they are keeping their heads down!

[winston2]

Smokefree D.C. do-gooders and the D.C. Council, which voted 11-1 in favor of a smoking ban that begins next year.

Ah ------- Clean air in restaurants!

I love it!

I wish all users of smoke producing substances peace - in privacy.

[TheStraightDope]

I couldn't agree more.

Here in Washington state we recently passed an indoor smoking ban. One can only smoke indoors in private property, and furthermore, the ban specifies that one must be 25 feet away from the door of whatever establishment one is smoking outside of.

This despicable violation of business owner's freedom was the brainchild of Christine Gregoire (after stealing the gubernatorial race from Dino Rossi due to some sheisty King County ballot counting) and her fascist Democrat cronies.

Y'know what happened the day after the smoking ban when I went walking down the streets of downtown Seattle? The gutters and sidewalks were littered with tons of cigarrettes.

go figure

[mugs99]

Do-Gooders are rubes.
Breast cancer has increased as smoking has decreased. Second hand smoke reduces the risk of breast cancer and the statistics prove that.
In addition to the statistics, a study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute reports that women who smoke cigarettes were found to have a statistically significant 54 percent decrease in breast cancer incidence when compared with women who never smoked.
All breast lovers should fight these evil Do-Gooders and encourage smoking...For the breasts!
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[Road Warrior ‘04]

NO AUTOMOBILES IN D.C.! Now, that will stop the pollution...and the bar goers. Ain't nothin' like a good second hand exhaust in the morning.

[muawiyah]

A Channell #5 "free" DC would be great. The stuff has a very adverse effect on me. Needs to be banned ~ flushed down the drain ~ users heavily punished.

[RMDupree]

You know what really gets to me?

The anti-smokers who are so eager to push these bans ~never~ put their money where their mouth is and provide the business that is lost by their silly laws.

Bars feel the worst of the hit. Their regulars (most who smoke) disappear and nary a non-smoker shows up to fill that spot at the bar.

Soon after, the bar closes its doors forever - jobs are lost, owners are heartbroken and yet the antis think ~this~ is a job well done?

Stuck on stupid.

Instead of opening a smoke-free bar (if they believe it is such a wonderful idea), they force other people to accomodate them - and then they don't even go!

[Waco]

Locally, we have two optional 1¢ sales taxes which must be approved by voters. They run for a specified time and then must be re-authorized. I have suggested to smokers that they all vote NO on these. They could tip the vote against them. It'll cost the county $20 Million per year per each 1¢ tax. It'll drive the do-gooders and County Commissioners nuts trying to figure out what happened. Smokers revenge!!!! And a great laugh to boot.

[lancer]

These self-important nitwits seem to think they know what is best for the masses

That's because the asses, oops, masses, keep voting for the self-important nitwits.

It's wrong to blame the nitwits when the asses keep voting them into office, IMHO.

[Chena]

What a smokin' hot idea! ;) BUMP!

[ovrtaxt]

Speaking as a non-smoker who genuinely enjoys eating in the absence of cigarette smoke, this law is evil.

We are guaranteed the right to life, liberty and property- and the freedom to do with it as we choose.

[beandog]

The smell of coffee makes me sick. I think it should be banned in all public places, including coffee shops. After all shouldn't I be able to go into a coffee shop without getting sick? :)

While we're at it could we please ban little kids who don't know how to behave in a restaurant. They're bad for my mental health. LOL

[microgood]

Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

C. S. Lewis

[microgood]

Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

C. S. Lewis

[microgood]

Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

C. S. Lewis

[microgood]

Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

C. S. Lewis

[devane617]

These will NEVER stop burning in DC.

[JoeGar]

Does DC's smoking ban apply to crack?

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