Lexington Smoking Ban Upheld

Post by **Uncle Big Green** » Sat Apr 24, 2004 2:57 pm

Wicked Tribe wrote:Oh, and the othe thing about this ban. A lot of you people say, "If you don't want ot sit in a smoke filled restaraunt then don't go to them." So which restaurants don't allow smoking? Are there more that do or more that don't? Probably more that do. And you're telling all the non-smokers out there that they have little choice but to go to the handful of non-smoking establishments while smokers can enjoy just about any place they please, just because they choose to involve themseves in a nasty and unhealthy habit.

If there are such things as rights tell me this: Which would be more of an inalienable right- BREATHING or SMOKING? Which is necessary and which is not?

I hope this is a troll.

Post by **young'n climber** » Sat Apr 24, 2004 5:22 pm

The ban does kick ass. I have nothing against smokers, but i have something against smoking. ITS GAY! WHATS THE POINT

! I hope this ban of smoking spreads to Chicago and everywhere else.

Post by **Spragwa** » Sat Apr 24, 2004 9:40 pm

Wicked Tribe, that wasn't a troll...it was the truth.

Post by **Alan Evil** » Sun Apr 25, 2004 1:37 am

I'm an ex-smoker but I don't agree with creating laws to stop people smoking in public. If you don't like someone smoking near you, hit them really hard in the back of the head with a baseball bat. Then put their cigarette or cigar or pipe or bong or crack pipe in their drink because they sure as shit aren't going to drink it.

There's just something really disturbingly fascist about the way the anti-smoking thing works. It's that "I'm more pure than you so you must die in an oven" kind of mindset.

Besides, there are too many f***ing people anyway. Let's just shoot all the smokers. Then the Jews.

I'm kidding.

For all I know I'm a Jewish smoker.

There are some vagueries in my family tree indicating I'm either descended from a Native American, an escaped slave or indentured servant, an escaped convict, or maybe just somebody that didn't care to leave a lot of records behind him. So I just might be, genetically, an outlaw Jewish smoker.

Then you anti-smoking Nazis would want to stick me in a camp and probably kill me in a nasty way even though I don't smoke. I carry my Jew smoker genes and that's enough for you awful people.

Damn. Nazis suck.

Seriously, though, I just think you should have places where the old people can go smoke. I mean, their lives probably suck to begin with. Why make it worse? When your only pleasures are smoking cigarettes and talking to people at the bar why force them to get up and go outside every five minutes? It's just not right I tell you!

Now I'll just slide out this side door over here...

Post by **young'n climber** » Sun Apr 25, 2004 1:41 am

Hiltler's blood runs in my family.

Post by **Alan Evil** » Sun Apr 25, 2004 2:32 am

You said, "runs." Don't you mean, "goose steps?"

Post by **young'n climber** » Sun Apr 25, 2004 2:35 am

i dont get it

Post by **Wes** » Mon Apr 26, 2004 1:41 am

Smoking in public is not a "right". Look, do you like the fact that the health department checks the places you eat to make sure they are at least kinda trying to keep the food prep. areas clean and follow basic guidelines? Or would you rather eat somewhere with no oversight into how long that chicken you are eating has been sitting out? I mean, it thier biz. and they should be able to prepare the food however they want, right? Or maybe you wouldn't mind eating in a place with asbestios in the walls? The basic idea that people should have the freedom from things that harm them is a good idea. If you want to talk about rights and losing them, then Bush, Ashcroft, and the misnamed patriot act would be something to talk about.

Personally, I am super psyched to be able to go see the Wailers next weekend, and not have to worry about the smoke at the Dame...

Wes

Post by **gulliver** » Mon Apr 26, 2004 3:04 am

I wonder if the Wailers smoke

Post by **Wes** » Mon Apr 26, 2004 5:08 pm

gulliver wrote:I wonder if the Wailers smoke

I don't care if they smoke all they want in the tour bus or hotel room. But, come showtime, the air will be smoke free at the Dame, and that is all that matter to me...

Wes