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Old 11-05-2006, 10:38 AM   #20 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by pigglet
Same argument could be made for liquor licenses, gambling machine licenses, etc. In the end, I probably agree with you. However, it seems that licensing / special zoning is a way we've come up with to regulate activities that are legal, but not desireable to everyone in the population.
Same argument? Maybe. At any rate, I'd prefer that we get rid of the other pointless licensing practices or even that we keep the inconsistency, as opposed to adopting a consistent and unnecessarily stringent licensing standard.

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Seems like a reasonable compromise to me.
I don't see a compromise as being reasonable in this case. It should be up to the business owner, period.
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