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Originally Posted by Harmon
I don't need the lecture. Both my parent died of smoking based disease - my mother when I was 11. I don't smoke & I think that people who do are fools.
The "it's our money" argument is baloney. Nothing says that the government has to pay those medical bills. You don't get to volunteer to pay for them then control people's behavior on the basis that you are footing the bill. Although we are headed that way with Obamacare.
I have lived long enough to see that we have been letting the government nibble away at our freedom in this country by using the law to address every social problem that annoys us. You would think we'd learned that lesson from Prohibition.
This thread started off with the stupid cafe employee who couldn't grasp that an EBR is not a computer. So...I like to read on my EBR while I eat & this cafe is stopping me. Obviously we need a law to make them leave me alone, right? Or just maybe I should take my business somewhere else & keep the government out of it.
There are always arguments for giving up our freedom to the government. Until one day we wake up & find the government running most of our life.
And oh, yes, my son's problem is indeed his problem, not yours. And your asthma problem is your problem, not his. Neither of you has the right to use the law to make other people deal with your problems.
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You STILL don't get it. Someone with a digestive disorder in not going to endanger the health of someone in the same general area. Someone polluting the air with second hand cigarette smoke endangers all around breathing that air that had previously been safe to breathe before smoking polluted it.
In an ideal society, all people would be considerate of others and not infringe on the rights of others and there would be no need for rules and laws. In reality, many people are selfish, others are just inconsiderate, and even more are just clueless of how their actions affect others nearby so rules and laws become necessary. One's rights stop where they infringe on the rights of other's. Again, if you can't deal with that, you have the option of leaving society and becoming a hermit. In the case of the cafe that disallowed the EBR, taking your business elsewhere would be the best option after letting management know that you will be doing so and why.