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Originally Posted by Chris T
But your reasoning is not self evident, as you present it to be. It works only for the one who can speak from a position of power. Currently, smokers have the power. They, however, are a minority, and the democratic majority are about to take that power from them. The situation will then appear thus:
If going into a smoke-free establishment is so unreasonable, don't do it.
If the need to smoke in a pub is greater than your own health concerns, then frankly, what are you complaining about?
If a pub's smoke-free status is too much for you, don't go in there. Simple as that. (You can smoke at home).
Either you accept the wishes of the majority and go in, without your fags, or if you can't go without your fags, you don't.
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But the problem with this, Chris, is that non-smokers currently have a choice as to whether to visit a pub where smoking is allowed or a pub where smoking is not allowed/confined to a small area. After this ban is imposed, and the balance of power is shifted, as you put it, then the smokers won't have the option of going from a pub where smoking is not allowed to a pub where smoking
is allowed, as this pub (er... that serves food too, I hasten to add) will not be permitted by law. Currently non-smokers have a choice - soon, smokers will not have that choice.