Smoking ban in Philadelphia approved

[Wingspan]

and what about my arguement about music in bars or clubs?

outside of marilyn manson music never killed anyone

tu-pac and biggie smalls have a minor point of contention with that statement

[ice grillin you]

politically-charged, sketchy science

go ahead george bush

and yes if something annoys me it should be banned...smoking being at or near the top of my list

[SunMo]

it comes down to the government telling you to bend over and you thanking them for it

[ice grillin you]

it comes down to the government telling you to bend over and you thanking them for it


in this case it feels oh so good tho

[The BIGSTUD]

Which is why I said people need to get over themselves. You have to be really farging paranoid if it bothers you so much that someone tells you what to do in an instance where it doesn't even hurt your business.

If smoking bans made all establishments plummet in business and caused them all to shut down, then they wouldn't ban it. But it doesn't.

[Philly_Crew]

IMO private business owners shouldn't be allowed to allow everything they choose in their bars. I have no problem with the government telling them what to do.

They just need to get over themselves and their insecurities.

The government is bossing you around, OMG IT'S LIEK THE EDN OF THE WORLD!!11!!

wah wah

It's healthier, end of story.

Should the government ban fatty food like wings and fried mushrooms or cheese sticks in bars too?  I mean, it would be healthier.  It is not about insecurities, it is about government overstepping their authority and infringing on private business.

[ice grillin you]

Should the government ban fatty food like wings and fried mushrooms or cheese sticks in bars too?

again thats a personal choice that doesnt effect anyone but the person doing it...apples and oranges dookie

[Diomedes]

Should the government ban fatty food like wings and fried mushrooms or cheese sticks in bars too?

again thats a personal choice that doesnt effect anyone but the person doing it...apples and oranges dookie

Bullshtein.  I pay for their healthcare.  And those fat folks fit only three to a section on the subway instead of four, like normal people.  Both of those affect me directly.

[The BIGSTUD]

I'm with IGY. Just ban smoking all-together. Then there's no arguments about this stuff anymore.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Your argument is tenuous at best, do-gooders.  It's all based on the assumption that second-hand smoke actually poses any kind of significant risk, and that is not even close to proven.

[ice grillin you]

Bullshtein.  I pay for their healthcare.

you pay for smokers healthcare too AND the people they corrode

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Exactly.  So why are fatasses stuffing their arteries with crap any different?

[ice grillin you]

because they only hurt themselves....smokers hurt others around them

this is getting really boring

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

because they only hurt themselves

Wrong.  As we said.  And you haven't proved that smokers do anything but inconvenience others.

[Geowhizzer]

As a non-smoker (never touched the stuff) who grew up in a smokers' household (heck, my grandfather smoked four packs of Pall-Malls a day for years), I'm torn.

I can't stand being around smoke.  When I used to go to my sister's house (she and her then-husband smoked), I had to take a shower as soon as I got home.  The smoke was that bad.  I don't go into establishments that have a lot of smoke- which, as Rome said earlier, isn't too many places, as Florida restaurants are smoke-free by fiat.  And, since I don't drink, either, there's not much use for me to go into bars.

However, I hate it when the government steps in and makes laws like this.  What's next?

Create all the programs to get people off the death sticks that you want.  Rachet up the penalties for allowing kids to purchase cigarettes (or buying them for kids yourself). 

I never really had a problem with smoking sections in restaurants, either- unless I was put into one of the tables right next to it with one of those phoney "dividers".  I wish that, if there was going to be a law made about it, that restaurants be given the choice of creating a smoking section with some kind of filtering system that would clean out the smoke from going into other parts of the restaurant, rather than just banning totally.

And banning smoking totally won't work.  Check out prohibition.  Just give one more thing for the crime gangs to fight over, and one more thing for the police to try to look after.

And, what's next?  Candy?  Snack foods?  Red meat?  Violent video games?  Watching the Phillies?  It's all bad for your health.