For years there was only positive information about smoking. The tobacco industry would not admit their product was poisonous and addictive.
On 1/4/08, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I paid for what I was told was good food. > > Honestly you can't see the difference? > > I didn't pay for soiled or poisoned food. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sean Corfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 9:19 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: France bans smoking in bars, cafes, nightclubs. > > On Jan 3, 2008 5:51 PM, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > By entering the smoking establishment, and by choosing to stay there you > can > > no longer blame them. > > > > It was your choice to be there. > > But your theoretical person chose to go eat in the restaurant with > substandard hygiene and then they died and you would still blame the > restaurant (and sue them). Just trying to follow your logic :) > > FWIW, I'm perfectly happy for some private establishments to remain > "smoker-friendly" - I just wouldn't frequent them. It's clear (to me) > that mandatory smoking bans have been necessary to get enough "clear > air" for those of us who don't want to breathe toxic, smelly > second-hand smoke. However, I don't think it's fair on smokers for > there to be a total and outright ban everywhere - even tho' I would > prefer that everyone gave up the dirty habit. > > I do, however, support the law that bans adults smoking in cars that > contain children (California just added itself to the list of states > that already banned this). Children do not have a choice and if > parents can't exercise enough restraint not to endanger the health of > their children then legislation is needed. Note that police can't pull > someone over *purely* for smoking in the car - they can only ticket > them for that offense if they have some other reason to pull them > over. I'm in two minds about that but I think the ban is a step > forward. > -- > Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN > An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ > > "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." > -- Margaret Atwood > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:249765 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
