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[sam at osheaven.net (Sam)]

This is my last word on the subject. Promise.

The NYT's article you read is horse sh*t. Upper scale restaurants with 
attached bars have had increased business. Small bars have been 
financially devastated by this absurdly totalitarian law. The reason it 
became news was that pricey restaurants were not expected to gain 
business. Small mom and pop bar and grill establishments knew they were 
going to loss business, and they have. This loss is as important to the 
NYT as is its contract dealings with its freelance photographers (very 
little).

How should non-smokers be dealt with in public? They should stay home 
where they can be master of foul smells, pollen count, animal hair, 
bodily odors, non-existent guests who didn't come because of their 
whining, and anything else that upsets them. The issue is much bigger 
than whether someone choses to hasten his life along by smoking. 
Statements like "I wish they would ban tobacco because it would help me 
stop smoking" are just a little bit nuts. The sheer egocentricity of 
such a statement is mind boggling. But it's a statement that is 
increasingly being accepted as we become more and more self-righteous 
and less and less self-dependent.  Pick any person off the street and 
examine him and you find a bundle of anxiety, depression, self-delusion, 
broken promises, failed relationships, poor judgments, and more. Why 
they do we think that these same people know what is best for everyone? 
Why do we allow them to legislate our behavior? Perhaps now is the time 
to reread '1984', 'Animal Farm' and 'The Iron Heel'.

Sam S


grduprey@rockwellcollins.com wrote:

>And just how do we non smokers deal with smokers in public businesses?
>Stop breathing?  In Iowa all restaurants are smoking, so we have no choice.
>Sure they have no smoking sections, but when the smoking section is the
>next isle over (in most cases), we still get bombarded with the smoke.
>There was a Denny's here in CR, that when you entered you immediately were
>hit with a heavy cloud of smoke from smokers.  We left, it took over an
>hour to get rid the of the smell.  The place is no longer in business.
>This is no small issue if you have allergies.
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>It is interesting the NY Times last week reported that since the no smoking
>ban went into effect, the business at NY restaurants has increased. ;-)
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>Gene
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