newsflashkid wrote:
Hurray for Lowell. It's about time the entire state passes a law to ban smoking. In Illinois restaurant owners thought it would kill business. It turns out the business improved. Why should people be subjected to this second hand smoke, that experts claim is the most dangerous.
Ah because it's America and if you only patronize non-smoking establishments voluntarily you wouldn't need to give government another excuse to steal your rights away.
The bigger issue is that the government is ordering a private business not to allow a perfectly legal product to be enjoyed on private property. Had enough people made the owners aware of their displeasure about dining around smokers you would have a free market solution, as it should be. If they refused, you could go somewhere else to dine. But no, government has drummed up yet another reason to add to the courts overburdened caseload.
Take another example. Some courts around the country are ruling that women can breast feed any time, anywhere and need not take reasonable care to modesty. Yea, I really don't want to go out to eat to see a suckling wagging on some woman's boob. A little discretion if you please!