25-10-2005, 11:43
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Join Date: Aug 2005
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Re: smoking and the pub
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Originally Posted by orangebird
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Originally Posted by clarie
Once an alternative is brought into the market for petrol-run cars, then we'll talk.
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There are already alternatives, LPG and electric just two of them. So, those who drive petrol cars are poisoning you, and they have the CHOICE not to. Want to talk about that now? In another thread of course. |
Yes but they are not widely available are they? And they're not cheap. The people who poison me with cigarettes are actually paying for the privilege of doing so.
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Smoking is something that we all know carries a very high risk to the health. And at the moment we have a choice to reduce that risk.
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Yes, by voluntarily giving up. Not being bullied by a nanny state. Where's the choice for business owners to decide what their customers do on their own premises?
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I was referring to passive smoking. I am not suggesting you should be forced into giving up. That, as you say, should be voluntary. But I don't think that prohibiting smokers from poisoning non-smokers with their smoke is 'bullying', it's just sensible.
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