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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:16 PM Original message |
I am not a smoker and will always choose a restaurant |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well, I -am- a smoker but I never smoke in a restaurant even if it's |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 06:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
181. You, then, are very rare. I appreciate it |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
2. I am a former smoker. My S.O. is a smoker. Smoking causes cancer. |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Where did you get it that 90% are non-smokers? |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. I have no problem with smokers smoking. Smoke on! I don't want to have |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. last time I checked, unprotected sex took at least 2 people. |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:51 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. No, not my point. Two persons having unprotected sex do not affect the |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:56 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. hmm, I thought the point was cracking down on destructive behavior... |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:07 PM Response to Reply #30 |
41. No, that's not the point |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:09 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. well, you can choose to move away from smokers, or politely ask |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:17 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. "You can choose not to work in the unsafe chemical plant." |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:19 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. and as I said downthread, |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:22 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. "Non-smoking sections" aren't enough. |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:25 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. well, I understand your concern... |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:28 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. Mandate Easy-Pass |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:32 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. well Easy Pass has been blamed for the loss of jobs, though.... |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:36 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. I'm sure that some people lost their jobs because of other safety rules |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:40 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. ummm..no they lost their jobs because Easy Pass is cheaper |
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Lindacooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 01:39 AM Response to Reply #56 |
107. Your logic is flawed. Cigarettes have only one purpose. |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 10:33 AM Response to Reply #107 |
130. Non-procreative sex, fatty food, alcohol, extreme sport have only one |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 11:18 AM Response to Reply #130 |
147. I'm not against YOU smoking. YOU may smoke all you like. I don't smoke. |
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ellenfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:32 PM Response to Reply #55 |
61. don't drive your car near me. i don't want to breathe your exhaust. eom |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 12:54 AM Response to Reply #55 |
98. I hope your friends don't drive or sit in traffic then. |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 10:13 AM Response to Reply #55 |
126. With prohibition of smoking a lot of restaurants and bars will close. |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 03:03 PM Response to Reply #126 |
164. People said that would happen in California too, but it didn't. |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 08:19 PM Response to Reply #126 |
186. I've heard that line before |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:08 PM Response to Reply #30 |
44. But this isn't about self-destructive behavior, |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:12 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. I'm sorry, I don't buy it. |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:21 PM Response to Reply #46 |
53. You're forgetting about the employees |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:25 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. addressed elsewhere... |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:46 PM Response to Reply #46 |
71. Maybe you don't buy it because it's not what I said. |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:48 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. hmm, any of em pan out? |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 10:02 PM Response to Reply #72 |
76. I don't know how many of them panned out |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 10:05 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. OK fair enough but this is a tangent. |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 10:10 PM Response to Reply #76 |
80. dupe/self delete |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 01:06 AM Response to Reply #46 |
101. What if people think it's gross and lose their appetite |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 10:38 AM Response to Reply #101 |
131. No one objects to separate smoking rooms that are well ventilated |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 05:41 AM Response to Reply #46 |
115. I have a daughter and a grandson who are both allergic |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 10:42 AM Response to Reply #115 |
132. I am sorry about them. Many have similar reaction to perfume |
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mikelgb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 09:59 AM Response to Reply #27 |
123. i dunno |
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Freedom_Aflaim (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 11:14 AM Response to Reply #27 |
145. If two people start having sex next to me |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 04:18 PM Response to Reply #25 |
172. Unprotected masturbation. Always use a condom with Rosy Palm. |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 12:51 AM Response to Reply #22 |
96. Uh... not exactly. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 11:12 AM Response to Reply #10 |
143. I'm an unhealthy eater.... |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 06:09 PM Response to Reply #143 |
176. I was talking about special smoking area that are separated |
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OKNancy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Actually smoking increases your risk for cancer |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 12:47 AM Response to Reply #11 |
94. People who smoke have repressed issues with sucking |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 12:56 AM Response to Reply #94 |
99. Counterclockwise hair whorls! |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 02:01 PM Response to Reply #99 |
158. I was referring to pubic hair, which, as you know, goes the other way |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. 1 in 3 people worldwide is a smoker, 1 in 4 in the US |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:50 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. I stand corrected. 75% of the US population DOES NOT SMOKE. |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:59 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. all good |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
3. Why should smokers be accommodated? |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. hope you track down every Hummer driver |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I'm tracking down every smoker? |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. less reprehensible? |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:03 PM Response to Reply #19 |
39. I said individually. |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:07 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. what difference does "individually" make? |
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democracyindanger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Well, I give pretty much |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:45 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. it's a start :) |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. engines pump far more carcinogens into the air |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. OK, I'll stop running my car inside restaurants |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:46 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. OK I'll stop smoking outside if you stop driving outside. Deal? |
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dweller (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:02 PM Response to Reply #21 |
37. nom'd |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 11:52 PM Response to Reply #21 |
88. Does anybody give a shit whether people smoke outdoors? |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 10:30 AM Response to Reply #88 |
129. Yes, some do |
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tyedyeto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 11:28 AM Response to Reply #88 |
153. Yes, they do |
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foreverdem (759 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 02:19 PM Response to Reply #88 |
160. Yes |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. I never have smoked in a restaurant |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. Um... because it is addictive? |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
36. Way to miss the point |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:17 PM Response to Reply #36 |
51. OK-employees are a different matter/ |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:38 PM Response to Reply #51 |
66. Grill smoke is nothing like secondhand smoke from cigarettes. |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:44 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. no, it;s a valid concern/ |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:51 PM Response to Reply #66 |
75. here's a link RE: grill smoke... |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 10:11 PM Response to Reply #75 |
82. ***chirp chirp chirp******* |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:22 PM Response to Reply #36 |
54. Yes, safe work place is important |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:26 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. OK, it seems like you're agreeing with me on smoking in bars |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:51 PM Response to Reply #58 |
74. Such prim |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 07:20 PM Response to Reply #74 |
183. "She was asking for it?" |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 09:56 AM Response to Reply #3 |
122. ...in such a way that it does not harm non-smokers - why not? |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 10:06 AM Response to Reply #122 |
124. Why aren't there many more non-smoking bars and restaurants, |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 10:51 AM Response to Reply #124 |
136. Excellent point. Thank you |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 06:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
191. Why shouldn't I be able to charge smokers with assault? |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
4. my stance is that if a restaurant or bar owner desires |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Yes, I agree with you and I'm a non-smoker. |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
28. Thank you for an excellent POV |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:02 PM Response to Reply #28 |
38. agreed. |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
6. No smoking sections are sometimes a joke. |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
31. Obviously non-smoking areas should be in separate rooms with own |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 03:10 PM Response to Reply #31 |
166. This (voluntary non-smoking restaurants) is becoming more common in my |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 06:14 PM Response to Reply #166 |
177. Thank you! This is the best example of how we can achieve what we |
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Egalitariat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
7. A "No Smoking" Section inside a building is as effective |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
15. I'm a non-smoker.... |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
17. that is a Republican attitude... Live and let Die... the minimum wage guy |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:07 PM Response to Reply #17 |
42. Remember prohibition? |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:13 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. absolutely, |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 10:02 PM Response to Reply #42 |
77. if it weren't for tobacco we could have national insurance.. they consider |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 01:06 AM Response to Reply #42 |
100. Bravo! |
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KyuzoGator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
23. Here in Florida, no smoking is allowed in restaurants... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
29. I can't smell it |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 11:58 PM Response to Reply #29 |
89. That's because you only quit a year ago. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 03:45 AM Response to Reply #89 |
110. "when I was a little kid" - I didn't smoke |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 02:55 PM Response to Reply #110 |
162. A little cigarette smoke far away doesn't bother me, either. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 03:00 PM Response to Reply #162 |
163. Then don't go there |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 03:38 PM Response to Reply #163 |
167. Well I don't anymore! |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 04:00 PM Response to Reply #29 |
169. Just because you can't smell it doesn't mean others don't. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 04:51 PM Response to Reply #169 |
173. Don't smell it, don't see it, don't notice it |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
32. I'm a Smoker...I agree with you...give me an area away from |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:34 PM Response to Reply #32 |
63. I am sorry about your dad |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
33. Because smoking causes global warming, that's why. |
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ItNerd4life (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 10:20 AM Response to Reply #33 |
127. LOL |
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kaygore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
35. Because 2nd hand smoke is very dangerous |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
40. "Non-smoking" sections are a joke. |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 01:11 AM Response to Reply #40 |
102. Because it keeps you from being fat. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 01:18 AM Response to Reply #102 |
104. Not quite. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 06:35 AM Response to Reply #102 |
117. Same here |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
48. "Why can't we just live and let live?" |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 11:05 AM Response to Reply #48 |
141. What you are describing is really rare |
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izzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
49. I see nothing wrong with smoking clubs |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 11:35 AM Response to Reply #49 |
155. Unfortunately, where I'm at they are not allowed by law. Two years |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 02:32 AM Response to Reply #155 |
188. The part that the citizens passed sounds great. |
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ellenfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
60. just another example of the marketplace |
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OnceUponTimeOnTheNet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
65. I'm a smoker and I best not post on this thread. |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 06:21 PM Response to Reply #65 |
178. Oh please, do |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
67. It is turning into a witch hunt |
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Ksec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
69. booze is more destructive. ban booze too. |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 10:07 PM Response to Reply #69 |
79. alcohol is the 4th major health hazard but not as bad as tobacco. |
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Ksec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 10:11 PM Response to Reply #79 |
81. Booze kills millions. So does obesity . |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 12:43 AM Response to Reply #81 |
93. There is nothing slippery about it. If I choose to overeat and fuck up my |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 09:52 AM Response to Reply #81 |
120. half a million a year is not a few... 200 times the death rate in Iraq |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 10:10 AM Response to Reply #81 |
125. Obesity is a medical condition, much is caused by High fructose corn syrup |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 12:23 AM Response to Reply #69 |
90. Booze already is restricted in public places. |
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LincolnMcGrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
73. This sentence speaks volumes about you as a person. |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 06:29 PM Response to Reply #73 |
179. Not a food server vs. a Ph.D, but a matter of geography |
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Dem2theMax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
83. I just watched a dear friend die of lung cancer on Fathers Day. |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 04:57 AM Response to Reply #83 |
113. Very sorry to hear that. |
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spacelady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
84. I agree, I am a smoker and the more the anti-smoking laws get strict, |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 12:40 AM Response to Reply #84 |
91. As I said, I'm a former smoker, and there is none more virtuous than the |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
85. I've smoked sometimes: BUT -- nobody should have to breath any smoke. |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 12:41 AM Response to Reply #85 |
92. Damned good points. Thank you. |
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Yollam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
86. I prefer all non-smoking restaurants. |
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laundry_queen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 01:48 AM Response to Reply #86 |
108. I go out of my way to find non-smoking restaurants |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
87. Indoor smokers are annoying and obnoxious. |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
95. I still think pollution causes much more lung problems than |
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Jigarotta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
97. I'm a smoker and have no probem not smoking |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 01:12 AM Response to Reply #97 |
103. That's great. |
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Czolgosz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
105. If feel the same way about laws to make kitchen employees wash their hands |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
106. My #1 problem with secondhand smoke |
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laundry_queen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 01:50 AM Response to Reply #106 |
109. A friend of mine |
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kdpeters (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 02:01 AM Response to Reply #106 |
187. Amen to that!! |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 04:13 AM Response to Original message |
111. Restaurant employees may not find it easy to switch jobs |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 04:52 AM Response to Original message |
112. I'm a smoker and I'm pretty sure it's not legal to smoke in restaurants... |
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adwon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 05:36 AM Response to Original message |
114. One simple reason |
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Puglover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 06:18 AM Response to Reply #114 |
116. Non smoker here |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 07:56 AM Response to Reply #116 |
119. Smoker here... |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 07:54 AM Response to Reply #114 |
118. Hell yeah! They did the same with asbestos! |
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adwon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 02:11 PM Response to Reply #118 |
159. Well |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 09:56 AM Response to Reply #114 |
121. not a "socialist" fantasy |
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adwon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 01:49 PM Response to Reply #121 |
157. It's a mangled quotation |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 10:27 AM Response to Reply #114 |
128. It looks more like a RW fantasy to think that all the ills of the world |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
133. But what if your place of employment is a restaurant? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 10:50 AM Response to Reply #133 |
135. easy- if you don't like smoke, don't apply at a restaurant or bar. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 10:53 AM Response to Reply #135 |
137. So instead of making $15/hr I should make minimum wage |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 11:12 AM Response to Reply #137 |
144. there are PLENTY of people willing to do the job with the smoke... |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 11:15 AM Response to Reply #144 |
146. Oh my - don't even get me started - now we're enabling discrimination |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 11:20 AM Response to Reply #146 |
149. discrimination... puh-lease. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 11:22 AM Response to Reply #149 |
150. Well, that's exactly what smokers do themselves |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 11:31 AM Response to Reply #150 |
154. "...it's just the nicotine talking"...you don't read so well, do you...? |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 06:45 PM Response to Reply #146 |
180. Right now, it is the smokers who are being discriminated against |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 05:04 PM Response to Reply #133 |
174. What about charbroiler pollution? |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 07:15 PM Response to Reply #174 |
182. I brought this up before in this thread. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 07:30 PM Response to Reply #182 |
184. Meat smoke is worse |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 07:44 PM Response to Reply #184 |
185. LOL licking its ass and eating poop! classic... |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
134. In the case of smoking a witch hunt is appropriate. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 11:02 AM Response to Reply #134 |
139. Witch Hunt for what - no one forces someone to take up smoking |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 11:27 AM Response to Reply #139 |
152. Second hand smoke is not a choice. |
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iconoclastNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
138. No smoking sections don't work. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 11:04 AM Response to Reply #138 |
140. Delaware is the same way |
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iconoclastNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
142. I'd be great if people could defend smoking indoors without.... |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 11:19 AM Response to Reply #142 |
148. I know - it's nauseating |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
151. Houston restaurants went non-smoking in September. |
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toymachines (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
156. I do agree with live and let live |
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anarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
161. I am a smoker, and if I want to smoke I'll go to the bar |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
165. I just wish they'd make the casino owners switch to non-smoking |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
168. I'm a smoker but in restaurants I don't care if it's disallowed. |
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cushla_machree (419 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
170. Wah wah smokers |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 12:21 PM Response to Reply #170 |
189. What if the bar plays music that i detest, but i still want to go |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 06:40 PM Response to Reply #189 |
192. Does bad music give you asthma attacks and cancer? |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 04:12 AM Response to Reply #192 |
194. you could just not go to a place that gives you asthma attacks and cancer |
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cushla_machree (419 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 10:24 PM Response to Reply #189 |
193. ummm |
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DiverDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
171. good for you. |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
175. I live in California and this isn't an issue for me. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
190. Yes, why don't smokers just let me live? |
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