smoking banned in new york open places..

[padcrasher]

Originally Posted by cruxan

are we becoming a country of whiners..

what next??? barbecues, chimney fires, camp fires, cooking bacon in a neighborhood with muslims residents.. what freaking next..

New York City outdoor smoking ban begins - CNN.com

I don't agree with that but it's not at bad as I thought it would be.

You can still walk down the sidewalk or drive in your car and smoke.

It's not a total public ban.

[cruxan]

Originally Posted by padcrasher

I don't agree with that but it's not at bad as I thought it would be.

You can still walk down the sidewalk or drive in your car and smoke.

It's not a total public ban.

soon the sidewalk will be next!!!>> then some bitchy people will complain at stop lights, that people smoking in their cars are choking them up

[Ceece]

Originally Posted by cruxan

soon the sidewalk will be next!!!>> then some bitchy people will complain at stop lights, that people smoking in their cars are choking them up

As long as you got the crystal ball out can you tell me next weeks lottery numbers?

One a smoking ban is in place nobody will ever, EVER, want to go back.

[DrJoey]

Seems like Vancouver is doing the same...crazy since everytime I'm in Vancouver I have seen people smoking grass in public (especially within parks and beaches).

A few fries short of a Happy Meal | Columnists | Opinion | Toronto Sun

Not that I am condoning either, but as a person who respects freedom and personal liberty this does not sit well with me.

[sailordave]

Originally Posted by padcrasher

I don't agree with that but it's not at bad as I thought it would be.

You can still walk down the sidewalk or drive in your car and smoke.

It's not a total public ban.

YET! Some cities have banned smoking in apartments and townhouses. Government control over people's personal lives is a slow creep. A few decades ago it was considered insane to think the government would ban smoking in privately owned businesses. A decade ago it was considered insane that the government would ban smoking in bars and casinos. Now it's considered insane that the government would ban smoking in our home and cars or out in open spaces. Oops, open spaces is out with smoking bans in some city parks and beaches. Oops, smoking bans in cars carrying children is in place already. Guess what the next step of government's creeping control of people's lives is going to be. They use "public good" as an excuse for more and more control over our lives. I never smoked but I do recognize the ever loss of personal freedom which will eventually go directly into what we do in our private home.

[Ellwood]

Originally Posted by Jay F

No one who voted for Mayor Bloomberg has a right to complain about this. You asked for a nanny state and you got it.

I think Bloomberg pays people to vote for him. But them again he had them change term limits so he could have his way longer.