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Originally Posted by filtherton
A bar that doesn't allow smoking? Those didn't really exist until smoking bans. Atleast they don't really exist in my pre-ban minneapolis.
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I can't comment. I have never been there.
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A referendum on smoking bans is democracy in action.
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I agree that it is democracy in action, but I also believe this to be an issue of minority rights. Democracy has allowed a lot of things in the past. Would you be in favor of raising the tax on cigarettes by $3.00 per pack?
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That dismissive logic works both ways... If you want to drink somewhere where you can smoke, no one is making you go to a bar. Go somewhere else.
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Like I said before, it is an issue of freedom. Lets say I own a bar, and I want to allow smoking in it. People can come in and complain, say they don't like the smoking, as the owner of that bar- I should be able to tell them to go somewhere else if they don't like it. The government should not have a say in the policy.