For God's sake ·_·Originally Posted by King Bahamut
People also have an unalienable right to breathe. If I wish to breath clean air, then I should have that right above a person who wishes to breathe air full of poison. One could even argue that smoking in a public place is terrorism. You're releasing a poison in a public place which kills people. Whether or not it's intentional is another story.
I am a smoker, OK, I don't think banning smoke would make you very popular. Right to breathe? Not breathe air full of posion? Then ban cars, motorbikes, factories, planes, ships...
You wish to ban unhealthy things? Ban McDonald's, ban mobile phones, ban computer monitors, ban televisions, ban Britney Spears music, ban extra hours from work, ban George Bush speeches...
Then again, since I am a terrorist smoker, I have to beware since I have in my hands a weapon of mass destruction, by smoking I am releasing a gas that kills people. I thought people arround me fell to the ground dead because of my body odor, but now I see I am in fact wrong.
Would you ban Humphrey Bogart films too? Hell, you are taking the whole politically right crap too far.
I can understand the banning of smoking in public, closed areas. For example, the office, the mall, the supermarket, the restaurant, the bus...OK. However, banning smoking in- for example- the middle of the street or the park is just ridiculous. You do not want second hand smoking, well, when you see the smoker you have a wide space to walk away from him. Also, I can't defend banning smoke from pubs, it's like...painting Notre Damme pink, only I can understand some people may agree with it (With banning smoke, anyone who wants a pink cathedral deserves to be shot inmediately). I still think it would take the charm out of it.
