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Originally Posted by filtherton
It is difficult to refute a personal belief that business owners should be given absolute control when it comes to choosing to allow their patrons to smoke indoor; such a thing is not so far from a belief in Jesus in the sense that ideological stances don't need to be anchored by reason (though they often are to a limited extent).
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That's a bit one-sided, don't you think? The stance that a guest on someone else's property should have the power to change the owner's health concern to match his own is
also a bit like belief in Jesus. ALL ideologies are ultimately based in something other than reason. Yours is hardly an exception.
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To the smoker who complains of tyranny of the majority, I would like to point to Darfur while I take a break from playing a dirge for them on the worlds smallest violin.
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Do you really think this is something other than a terrible argument? Great injustices exist, so there's no point in ever addressing small injustices?
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I think that the anti ban crowd is put in the unfortunate position of defending an expensive, disgusting and toxic habit on purely ideological grounds, which is rarely a winning proposition.
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Strike three. The idea that smoking is a
good habit has NEVER been instrumental to the argument against bans. I, for one, argue no such thing.
I think that the pro ban crowd is put in the unfortunate position of defending the legal requirement to accept guests with no sense of etiquette or respect. People who give you good reason for dislike and have no rational semblance of a 'right' to be there in the first place. Tough position, I almost feel for you.