Liberty To Breathe

[cbertsch]

The ban on smoking in restaurants and bars throughout Arizona goes into effect today. And I'm delighted, purely because it will benefit me. I guess you could say this is an example of my new approach to life, which I'm provisionally terming "libertarianism."

Comments

[elf-owl.livejournal.com]

hahahahahahaha!

:;coughs:: ::goes to take a glittery hot bath::

[xxxpunkxgrrlxxx.livejournal.com]

i too am glad of this smoking ban.


at the sebadoh show (did you go to it?), the majority of the crowd had to have been smoking. bleh.

[grandissimus.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid mine's a minority voice in this exchange, because, as I see it, another city has managed to mobilize the fascistic tendencies of its citizens against a hapless, helpless subgroup who, because they are immutably a statistical minority, must not only be bled by exorbitant regressive taxes, but must also suffer increased marginalization.

Whether we like them or not -- or whether we like their odor or not -- smokers are our canaries in the political coalmine. I shudder along with Plato at this characteristic display of Democracy. The typical exposure to second-hand smoke, even in nightclubs, would require far more time to work its cancerous effects than an average non-smoker spends in such environs. Not to mention that persecuting smokers distracts from more pressing issues of air quality, especially in Tucson; that brown cloud constantly hovering over Tucson, which one can see it quite distinctly from the Foothills), did smokers create that? Poor T-town: always having bigger fish to fry, and never frying them.

Anyway, would a libertarian really welcome such a Nanny-State intervention in peoples' affairs?

Hooray, indeed.

[lwveggie.livejournal.com]

Personal benefit is a good thing, and so is the smoking ban.

Then again, I'm a non-smoker with asthma, and I work for the American Lung Association.

[jstgerma.livejournal.com]

As a person who works in a bar, I've been counting the days. I couldn't be happier.

The other day I ran into a friend I hadn't seen in months and she said my voice sounded deeper. I don't doubt it was from breathing smoke for 30 hours a week.

[tensleep.livejournal.com]

So excited. Now I'm definitely moving back to Tucson. I couldn't go out for very long when I was there because my health couldn't handle the smoke (my glands get enlarged instantly). I kept dreaming of CA. Now, I can dream of Tucson. And I went and saw the Decemberists in Chicago and it was heaven...no smoke. I could see and breath! I guess I'm a Libertarian too! :-)

I bet the desert is looking beautiful right now. Sigh.

Gleeful giggling.

[katieengl.livejournal.com]

I was insufferable at work yesterday. BJs is already non-smoking inside, but as that girl that has to carry a heavy tray of pizza outside to people who are waiting on friday and saturday nights, i was very very sick of walking out the door through clouds of smoke. As soon as i got to work i grabbed a manager and snottily told them that if the health inspector comes today they will fail their inspection because they have no posted signs and ashtrays within twenty feet of the door.

Its super fun to watch grown men in suits move ashtrays and try to determine if they are in fact 20 feet from the door. hehehe.