To paraphrase Michael Atherton paraphrasing Barbara Lickness:
I have been reluctant to weigh in on this issue because I myself am a former athlete. One of the many
good reasons I decided to give it up was that I found fewer and fewer places where I felt comfortable
working out. Thanks to the constant nagging of my husband and son, I finally didn't feel comfortable
exercising at home any longer.
I can no longer exercise in my favorite bar or restaurant. When I do my workouts and run around the place they say I am being disruptive and am endangering staff and patrons. When I do it right outside I get looks of disgust and people mumbling under their breath. How dare them encroach on my rights as an athlete! I like running among the chairs and doing pushups on the tables, it heightens the enjoyment of my night out. As of March I will be forced to sit quietly (I'm not supposed to yell, be abusive of staff or other patrons, or even physically threaten anyone either). I am not effecting anyone by doing this, even though one place wanted to sue me when I made a wait person fall and break their arm. A beer glass shattered and a shard flew into a customer's eye. So, why should I care? They both had health insurance - the patron still has one good eye, and even though the wait person is still getting physical therapy two years later - what's the big deal???
I think Barb Lickness had an excellent point that smokers are unaware how much their smoking truly effects others. The sad thing is that the ones yelling foul refuse to understand this. I suppose fascism is putting up a stop light, allowing pedestrians to have the right of way, and demanding dog owners to pick-up and properly dispose of dog doo... Maybe I should have used dog doo as my example - I now have to clean up. How dare them! I feel I should have the right to leave the several dumps my dog makes a day. I've been told it sticks to high heaven and is bad for the health of the community, especially children, with worms and other parasites, but why should I care ... Need I say more???
Liz Greenbaum Longfellow
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To paraphrase Barbara Lickness:
I have been reluctant to weigh in on this issue
because I myself am a former ________. One of the many
good reasons I decided to give it up was that I found
fewer and fewer places where I felt comfortable
_________. Thanks to the constant nagging of my
husband and son, I finally didn't feel comfortable
_________ at home any longer.
Go ahead and fill the blanks in with whatever morallyREMINDERS:
offensive habit, hobby, addiction, preference, or genetic trait that you prefer and then decide if you feel it's fair or wise to allow the government to intrude on your decision.
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