Smoke Free Sports Bar?

[canadian citizen]

I will just point out that in Canada, and I mean the entire country, from coast to coast , no one can smoke in any "work place " and obviously that includes bars and places that serve food. So, if a person is being paid to "be there " its a no smoking place. No exceptions.

Now , wasn't that simple. ? In Canada, less than 15 percent of the population smokes, so that also means that 85 percent of the populations does NOT smoke. Majority rules, right ?

Leaving it up to a business owner is dumb thinking. What about the employees who work there ? Are they not entitled to a smoke free work place ?

Jim B.

Toronto.

[hiknapster]

bluecoupe, read the two passages I pointed out. You are gushing about New York, a place that you LOVE, except for those darn taxes.

Then you explain away government sticking its nose into businesses as "common sense." Typical carbetbagger attitude. Like I said, try North Carolina. I think it will suit you.

Canadian Citizen, are you planning on moving to Knoxville? If you are, I'm here to tell you that Tennessee is very different from Canada and I know a little bit about that. Half my family is from Canada as my grandmother was a Canadian citizen.

If you aren't well, why the comment?

[03bluecoupe]

I really didn't intend to have a debate but I'll give you a similar situation.

If someone is smoking, they are hurting themselves, that's a fact. And if they choose to do that to themselves I couldn't care less. However, if they do that in proximity to me then it hurts ME. That I DO care about. If it takes the government to protect me from them, then so be it.

Now, let's look at a parallel behavior:

You want to sit in a bar and drink yourself to death - I couldn't care less. But I DO care if after drinking all of that you get into a car and take to the roads and endanger ME. That's endangering someone other than yourself and I believe DUI is illegal in all 50 as protection by the government.

Same scenarios. You want to hurt yourself - have a ball. You want to hurt or endanger others - that's where the issue of common sense comes into play.

If everyone in Tennessee quickly reverts to name calling and arrogance as you, then maybe you're right, it's not worth investigating.

[Barking Spider]

There are plenty of smoke free places to go to have a drink and watch sports on TV.

[03bluecoupe]

Thanks for the heads up Barking Spider. Good to know and the civil reply is appreciated.

[hiknapster]

I've lived in Florida as well as Tennessee and the worse thing that anyone can do is tell folks how things were done where they come from - and why - ad nauseum.

When in Rome....or don't come at all.

Regarding the many smoke-free places, you were told that on page one, long before the meltdown. As I said, it didn't take you long to go from "NY would be a great place to live" minus the taxes, to bandying around terms like "dealbreaker" and "NY actually got something right!" It took three days!

As I said in the beginning, people that move only for monetary reasons tend to move away being quite disillusioned. Tennessee is a different way of life and I bet there are going to be a lot of things that you will have "assumed" (your word) that won't be the case.

[03bluecoupe]

Let's just agree to ignore each other and move on ok? You obviously don't comprehend sarcasm and are an extremely intolerant individual who seems to be totally disinterested in actually engaging in helpful interaction but rather more interested in being argumentative. That kind of person I don't need, moderator or not. I suspect this post won't remain long on the board as I suspect with your attitude, you're probably an active censor as well.