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Holly_Hobby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 01:27 PM Original message |
The smoking ban is only the beginning |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. I live in Mississippi. I dunno what the fuck went wrong, but there are other bigger issues. |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yawn.... |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 05:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
66. 20 years ago the idea of a smoking ban in private resturats was absurd. |
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imaginary girl (345 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 07:23 PM Response to Reply #66 |
73. Prove that eating near somebody overweight can be fatal ... |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #73 |
74. This will be sold under |
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lvx35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
3. Blaming the victims again. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 02:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Not really |
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lvx35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 03:13 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Oh I'm sure you can. But is that the majority? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 03:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
23. Get the restaurants to stop selling crap. NO. YOU make the CHOICE |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
4. Written by Rep. W. T. Mayhall -- Republican |
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AnnieBW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
5. Does that mean that they're not going to serve Barbour or Rove? |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
6. Sitting near a smoker is dangerous to my health. Sitting near a fat person is not. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 02:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. so is sitting near children |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 02:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I think every parent can agree that their kids will be the death of them. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 02:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. no, but they do spread disease... you may think the example extreme |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 03:31 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. All humans spread disease. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. no it is not about bans in restr, it is about forcing and taking away choice |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 03:55 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Unless it's in an enclosed, separately ventilated section... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 03:59 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. are you purposely being obtuse? |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 04:12 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. No, but you are. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 04:39 PM Response to Reply #36 |
44. check out post #3. get restr to pull crap out of restr. this is what this thread is about |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 05:02 PM Response to Reply #44 |
59. Post #3 is only a sub-thread on a related topic. |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #31 |
61. More harmful probably to people who work there. |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 05:54 PM Response to Reply #61 |
67. Yep. Dissonance reduction is the most powerful force on earth. You can move a mountain... |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 04:58 PM Response to Reply #28 |
55. The you belive that environmental regulations |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. no, this debate is about one sub-group telling another sub-group how to live their lives |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 04:01 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. To hell with those pushy sub-groups--like the people who tell me I can't... |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 04:09 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Every time a new law is made, we lose a bit more freedom, and a bit more humanity... laws are not |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 04:22 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Laws restricting actions that harm no one but the actor are wrong. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 04:30 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. yes, but I also believe that Laws restricting morality are wrong |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 04:36 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. When your secondhand smoke harms my physical health, it's not an issue of morality. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 04:38 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. no, I do not... second hand smoke is a myth |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Second hand smoke is not harmful? |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 04:53 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. fair enough... time for a smoke |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 04:54 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. that is why you see massive amounts of children and adults droppin dead |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. "Dropping dead" is the standard that must be met for assault to be illegal? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 04:58 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. no it is the result that ALL your studies that you insist are right on |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #56 |
62. You keep making bad arguments and calling me obtuse. Where did you learn that tactic? |
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cushla_machree (419 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #56 |
68. I have seen many many children |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 06:27 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. and boy, the three i know parent's didnt smoke, and all my friends |
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cushla_machree (419 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 06:32 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. I am not saying smoking can cause asthma |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 06:42 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. i thought you were saying smoking causes asthma. but then you would not be the |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 04:50 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. no one is arguing a damn ban on your rest, nor you suckin up second hand |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 04:54 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. exactly |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #47 |
65. Actually, our discussion has been about bans on restaurant smoking and obese diners. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. then ban the damn hot dogs and i want no one bbq to whiff into my space. n/t |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. Two headlines: "BBQ Aroma Cause of Major Public Health Problem" |
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Dawggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. Faulty logic.... Don't get between me and my Key Lime pie! |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 03:43 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. How so? |
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Dawggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 04:06 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. That was in reply to your statement that sitting near a smoker is dangerous |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 04:13 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Oops. Gotcha. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
7. pretty soon, you'll have to provide a sample of your DNA |
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
9. I noticed and posted this yesterday |
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Holly_Hobby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 04:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
40. I missed it, I'm sorry. n/t |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
11. I guess Jared of Subway fame would have been banned from that diet? |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
12. So...what? We're going to starve them thin? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
14. Smoking is an addiction, so is food, but our puritanical society |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
16. yes, but we hate the smokers so, it is worth it. further, i will even believe all the lies |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 03:08 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. So you say I imagine my athma going haywire and needing steroids |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 03:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. of course that isnt what i said and you know it. so i say, YOU are playing |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
17. I can't wait for the crackdown on bleached blondes |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 03:25 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Well, natural blonds like me would appreciate that. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 03:26 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. ya, well.... your more susceptible to skin cancer so NO blondes... |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 06:54 PM Response to Reply #24 |
72. THANK YOU |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 04:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
38. I can see it now - a bill banning blondes and redheads from tanning salons |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
45. LOL |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. ah.... but what about the one not so clear.... step on a scale before you get fries |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 05:00 PM Response to Reply #49 |
57. Have you ever watched the show "Airline"? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 05:02 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. ya.... well, i am so pissed at airports ect... doesnt take booze for me to be combative |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 05:07 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. If you have netflix you can get it on instant view |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
46. What if they want a salad, dressing on the side? Or broiled fish? This bill is OBSCENE. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
54. Seems to me that we smokers have fewer regulations put on us |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
63. When The People pussed out and didn't tell the govt to go fuck themselves re seatbelts... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 05:39 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. fuck themselves re seatbelts... YOU are so right on. yes, |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
75. SMoking bans are primarily done to lower insurance rates |
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