quittin' smoking

[Mike Yacht]

Hmmm, maybe the government needs to work on its beerless-beergoggle
technology...


- Mike 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgh-goth-list-bounces at listless.org [mailto:pgh-goth-list-
> bounces at listless.org] On Behalf Of Christopher tm
> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 11:06 AM
> To: pgh-goth-list at listless.org
> Subject: Re: quittin' smoking
> 
> What I wanna know is when will the government protect me from having
> to look at all of the ugly people as I walk the streets of Pittsburgh?
> 
> My sensibilities are constantly being offended. There ought to be a law.
> 
> 
> 
> On 3/14/06, Mike Yacht <meatnog at meatnog.com> wrote:
> > Yes, and if you don't like that the society passes such laws you can go
> to a
> > state/country that doesn't have them.
> >
> > I love the libertarian vacuum fallacy!
> >
> >
> > - Mike
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: pgh-goth-list-bounces at listless.org [mailto:pgh-goth-list-
> > > bounces at listless.org] On Behalf Of Chris Rapier
> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 10:49 AM
> > > Cc: pgh-goth-list at listless.org
> > > Subject: Re: quittin' smoking
> > >
> > > See my whole feeling is that if you don't like the smoke you don't
> > > have to go there. Everyone makes choices in life and its really a
> > > matter of what option is most important to you. If going to a club or
> > > a bar that has smoking is more important than not being around smoke
> > > then thats your choice. Obviously, this is just as true for smokers.
> > > If going to a non-smoking place is more imporatnt to you than having a
> > > smoke then that is their choice. Each group respects the others
> > > boundaries and behaves themselves when they made the choice to go
> > > either type of location.
> > >
> > > Of course, no one really wants to allow that. I mean, why should we
> > > allow adults to engage in legal behaviour around other people who are
> > > cognizant of the risks and have made the choice to be there? Why
> > > should we when we can pass a law to criminalise behaviour? I love the
> > > nanny state! SWADDLE ME BABY!
> 
> --
> Christopher tm
> 
> Nunc est bibendum; nunc pede libero pulsanda tellus.
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