[185JHP]

Don't have to make a request, polite or otherwise to stop a loathsome, disgusting adiction from disturbing your dining/drinking experience, merely support the government that'll ban it. The restaurants in our state capitol have been non-smoking for years and I love it! BTW I've not said that smokers are necessarily all evil people - just people that need to grasp a simple concept - the purpose of government is to govern. This "do whatever you want if it's private property" stuff is fatuous nonsense.

[Max McGarrity]

You left out a couple of very important points in your loathsome, disgusting diatribe (why are anti-smokers unable to engage in civil discourse?).

You say "This "do whatever you want if it's private property" stuff is fatuous nonsense." which is, of course, a disingenuous attempt to reframe the debate. No one has suggested anyone has the right to "do whatever" they want and you know it. What's at issue is the owner's right to permit a LEGAL activity in his own establishment if HE wants.

The other point, of course, is the willingness of the customers to patronize such a place and the willingness of the workers to work there where such LEGAL activity is taking place.

It's really quite simple for anyone not blinded by hatred and bigotry to understand. The outrageous rigidity on the part of militant anti-smoker control freaks toward ANY compromise on smoking bans is proof that you aren't as worried about environmental tobacco smoke as you are pathologically obsessed with harassing smokers. Your insistance on spewing your hatred on the smoking threads here only proves that obsession.

[metesky]

the purpose of government is to govern.

Right, it is not the purpose of government to rule over us or to lord it over us.

This "do whatever you want if it's private property" stuff is fatuous nonsense.

You are no conservative, sir and/or madame. That's one of the more frightening statements I've seen in almost five years on Free Republic. Absolutely shameless.