New York City bans outdoor smoking

[tallywacker]

Originally Posted by Mudpuppy

ever heard of profit and greed?

limited freedom is more like it. i can smoke cigarettes which have no value whatsoever but i can't smoke or eat weed which has a ton of value. pretty fucking stupid.

and fuck NYC anyways. i wouldn't take a shit there if i just ate at baxbys.

It's your choice to smoke

[Particle Man]

Originally Posted by tallywacker

It's your choice to smoke

Not if you're lit on fire... Then it's pretty much just a given.

[Homeslice]

Poorly titled. It should say "NYC public outdoor area smoking ban begins."

[Kaneman]

They could at least not flat out lie about how "deadly" secondhand smoke is. 50,000 deaths a year? Get the fuck out of here.

[pickle.of.doom]

They just need a scApegoat for the daMage their chemtrails are doing and smokers are an easy target

[Particle Man]

Srsly

[Particle Man]

In tv shows, he'd have gotten a slap

[EtyrnuSS]

I have an odd perspective on this. I'm an exsmoker...but it doesn't bother me to be around it either, no desire for them. Limiting outdoor smoking like this is just another grab at control over every aspect of your life. Even the ban on smoking in public establishments went too far in my opinion, I think it should have been left up to business owners. Some would choose to be nonsmoking, great, give them the right to forcibly eject someone that breaks their rules. But let the business owners make the choice. Then customers could choose whether or not they wanted to patronize that business.

This is why people who start whining about oh, its for "your" benefit piss me off. Fuck you, let me choose what is best for me. I'm an adult, I can accept the consequences of my actions and lifestyle. Oh, wait, I forgot, we aren't allowed to have consequences anymore...

[Adeptus_Minor]

Originally Posted by EtyrnuSS

Limiting outdoor smoking like this is just another grab at control over every aspect of your life. Even the ban on smoking in public establishments went too far in my opinion, I think it should have been left up to business owners. Some would choose to be nonsmoking, great, give them the right to forcibly eject someone that breaks their rules. But let the business owners make the choice. Then customers could choose whether or not they wanted to patronize that business.

Yeah, that would have been the American way... or, at least, the old American way.
Nowadays, They (tm) know that if you allow people to make a choice, they might make the "wrong" choice... so you just take that choice out of their hands. See... all better.

[Mudpuppy]

Originally Posted by EtyrnuSS

I have an odd perspective on this. I'm an exsmoker...but it doesn't bother me to be around it either, no desire for them. Limiting outdoor smoking like this is just another grab at control over every aspect of your life. Even the ban on smoking in public establishments went too far in my opinion, I think it should have been left up to business owners. Some would choose to be nonsmoking, great, give them the right to forcibly eject someone that breaks their rules. But let the business owners make the choice. Then customers could choose whether or not they wanted to patronize that business.

This is why people who start whining about oh, its for "your" benefit piss me off. Fuck you, let me choose what is best for me. I'm an adult, I can accept the consequences of my actions and lifestyle. Oh, wait, I forgot, we aren't allowed to have consequences anymore...

i 100% agree with you.. i don't think it's an odd perspective i think it's spot on.. just another power trip by the government stripping us one right at a time... oldest trick in the book - use propaganda to fuel a hidden agenda.. it's for your good, for your safety.. don't worry if your ass is bleeding, that is normal..