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Originally Posted by Mojo_PeiPei
Smoking effects more then the smoker though, It's actually more harmful to people around the smoker then the person actually inhaling the cigarette. I would be very upset if people down the line tried to turn this into a constitutional/personal rights thing.
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Of course it does...that's why I reserve the right whether or not to patronize an establishment that allows it.
The "it affects more people" argument can always be applied.
For example, the sale of 'sex toys' affects more than just the individual. It encourages a degredation of morals that affects the whole community.
Motor cycle helmet laws are good because the cost of accidents involving those who don't wear them is higher than those who do, affecting everyone's insurance premiums.
Company's that ban employees from drinking in their own time do so because the cost of alcoholism affects the entire company's profits.
And so on and so on.
But what I see is a disturbing trend to not care about these sorts of incursions into personal liberty because they
don't affect you personally.
But if we wait until they DO affect us personally, it will be too late, IMO because the precedent is set.