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Tell me how this is American?
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I predict in our lifetime that smoking will be made illegal.
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Is the question related to the ordinance or the emails from those against it.
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That's interesting, one of my relatives that has a small apartment complex is dealing with this issue. One of the tenants is complaining about another tenant who smokes. Because the smoke comes out of the smokers window below and goes right into the non-smoker's above.
My relative told the non-smoker that she's sorry, but there's nothing she can do about the smoker, who is smoking in her own unit. I'm not sure where I would come down on a law like this. A law that bans smoking in your own private home, which is sitting on your own lot, where the smoke cannot unreasonably affect anyone, would of course be bad. But this law seems to only affect multi-unit apartment complexes that share common walls and floors. It does seem at least designed to address a legit conflict: The smoker should be free to live in their apartment and do what they want, but the non-smoker should also be free to live in their apartment and be free from unwanted second hand smoke. I suppose the best answer may to not have the law and let the market (i.e., landlords and tenants) decide. But that assumes that there is a free market, I don't know if that is true. For instance, can a landlord legally ban tenants from smoking in their units? If not, it's not really a fair or equal situation. |
I think you all should park your cars and not drive them anymore. Exhaust fumes bother me and I have a right to clean air and reduced nose (and noise) pollution!!
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As American as the Plymouth bay colony. Let's not fight it. Embrace our shared Puritan roots!
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Demise of an addiction is a good thing, but doing so through such Draconian measures by legally ostracizing folks, shows a pure lack of civility. Up next: our gasoline powered vehicles. I'm sure Cali will lead the charge toward making those illegal. :rolleyes: |
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Just for grins they can hang some garlic, old meat or fart in the general direction of the fan, which will then deliver the aroma to the smokers. Hope they enjoy it as much as the other occupants enjoyed the smoke smell. |
I happen to not like smoking, having quit. I just dislike telling other people what to do MORE. The more we as society tell others to do or not do, the less freedom we will have as individuals to decide what to do and not do.
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It just depends on your perspective. On the abortion issue, there are those who are not concerned about the rights of the unborn fetus. Their focus is on the rights of the pregnant woman. As if the fetus were another organ, like a spare gall bladder or something. From that perspective, abortions should be legal. But from the other perspective, the rights of a child/fetus were taken away.
With this smoking thing there are the rights of smokers. Here, the gubmit is not trying to stop people from smoking. They are simply viewing this from the perspective of the other person. A non-smoker might feel they are entitled to breathe air, in their own home that has not been, moments ago, filled with cigarette smoke. This legislation protects somebody's right to live in a home without cigarette smoke. Sure, Joe has a solution. Heck, why don't we have 3M come in and design a filtration system? The homeowner should (in theory) not have to go out and buy equipment that cleans the neighbor's cigarette smoke out of the air in HER apartment. Neighbor's cigarette smoke should not be in her apartment in the first place. In theory. (also, there could be a smoker on the negative-pressure side of the apartment fitted with Joe's solution-fan. In that instance, you get cigarette smoke regardless of which window you open. Two cigarette smokers, one on either side, could essentially render someone's apartment uninhabitable by them. I'm not concluding this is good legislation. Somebody asked how this is American. In America, we protect peoples' rights up to the point where it infringes on someone else's rights. You wouldn't agree that your neighbor has the right to come over and cut down your tree. But I'll bet I can find a million Americans who would protect their right to breathe clean air in their own home FAR more vigorously than they would protect their tree. |
Maybe smoking where your smoke gets into someone else's home should be prohibited more vigorously than someone cutting down a tree on your property. One potentially causes serious health complications while the other does not. Heck, you could always prevent the tree theifs by engaging a security company to protect them. Or buy property that is treeless. Or whatever.....
Again, I'm not saying I agree with this legislation. Heck, I'm a smoker. I'm just saying if we took a poll, or vote, it could be that Americans want protection from cigarette smoke MORE than they want protection from tree thieves. Maybe that disagrees with your preference. Okay, then perhaps blowing smoke into someone's home should be a permitted, along with stealing others' trees. |
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I dunno.
The whole anti-smoking crusade is a little overboard sometimes, but I can see some logic here. What if it wasn't smoke? What if it was paint fumes or some other harmful chemical smell? If it were just strong cooking odors or perfumes of some kind, thats on thing, but second hand smoke is clearly not good for anyone. Let us all join hands and walk into our bright future living in a nanny state. |
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You, Sir, have one foot in the La Brea Tar Pits;) |
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I've got it! Outlaw FIRE!!! Why deal with the symptom when you can attack the problem. Where there's no fire, there's no smoke.
Next problem please. |
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tell me you are not that stupid Steve. I don't think you are, at least I hope not. No, this is not an American point of view, banning personal liberties. Alcohol is a much greater public nuisance, clearly should be banned. No reason anyone needs a car that gets less than 50 mpg, crush the rest. Morbidly obese people are offensive to me, they are not capable of making apropriate choices for themselves and should no longer be allowed to do so. They government needs to start directing diets for anyone who weighs more than 110 pounds. Stupid people have stupid kids, they should be banned from procreating. :rolleyes: If the smoking ban is okay, we need to get serious about looking out for people and institute some changes. You guys supporting this idea need to get some of these other things I mention in place right away. |
I agree. And I also find hip-hop culture offensive. And SUVs. And Vegan-ism; not only offensive, but (apparently) unhealthy. Since they can't make good decisions either, we shall also enact a ban on that. The speaking of a language other than English also offends me, because I don't understand it. Ban. Oh and....
Wait a minute....just who exactly gets to decide what's offensive and should be banned? Ah, yea, right, the (paid) lobbyists. Yep, business as usual. Quote:
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