The only thing that should be the focus is the rights of the property owner. People have a choice to rent an apartment. If the apartment owner deems it better for business, he'll make the decision to go smoke free not some city bureaucrat. The same for pubs and other privately owned businesses. Why in the world are antis pushing for all this now in such a bad economy? I have an answer but I want to be civil.
For non-smokers out there please keep in mind that an attack on property rights in regards to smoking will set precedents for non-smoking issues involving private property. This is about getting your foot in the door and once wedged in there the door is much easier to push open.
Please stop trying to save everyone from themselves my 'anti' friends. Life is hard enough without your self-righteous crusade to free the world of evil tobacco.
FYI-
ReplyDeleteThe comment section of this article is either rigged or there is a glitch that misrepresents the # of approvals/votes for comments that reflect our side.
This is what happened to me 3 times:
1)The vote went from 11-1 instead of 11-12 when I voted in favor of one comment.
2) Then 9-1 when I voted on another...
3) ...and 12-1 on yet another...
....Seems to me that most people are against this proposal....but, the numbers are not being properly represented.
An accident you think?
I would like to think glitch, but the track record of newspapers these days make them suspect. :)
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