Thread: Smoking Ban
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Old 03-02-2005, 05:12 PM   #60 (permalink)
retsuki03
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Location: Austin, TX
Quote:
Originally Posted by james t kirk
Double, nay quadruple the taxes on them. Make them cost 50 bucks a pack for all I care.
You don't care because you don't smoke. You are in the majority, and want to oppress the minority. Do you drink alcohol? Would you support an extra $50 tax on beer? You know, if I didn't drink beer, what reason would I have to oppose it.

It seems selfish to me.

How about make SUV's cost 4x as much because they are hard for me to see over and pose risks to MY driving safety (think of all the extra tax money!). Don't I have the right to see over SUVs while driving on public roads (that is in the constitution, right?). If they want to drive those, they should do it on PRIVATE roads.

Plus, they burn way too much gas and are polluting the air. Air I breathe. If you want to drive your SUV, do it without spewing toxic chemicals into MY atmosphere. They are PUBLIC roads right? What right do these damn SUV drivers have to pollute my atmosphere. Besides, they are way more likely to flip over than any other vehicle. Do these people have a death wish? Lets ban SUV's for their safety and our own. Hell, we need to ban cars altogether. All this global warming is going to kill the cute little penguins.

Why do I care, I walk to work. It won't affect me.

How people can claim they have the right to go to a bar and legislate that it be smokefree is astounding to me. I thought we had a constitution in this country.
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