She's pleased with smoking ban
Posted: Thursday, April 17, 2008
SIOUX CITY -- This is in response to a recent Letter to the Editor headlined "Smokers have rights, too." My answer to that is they don't have the right to poison my air any more than I have the right to poison their water. That is what they are doing.
Winnepeg, Canada, is totally smoke-free, the businesses have not gone broke, nor will ours.
We were at the Argosy the other day. There sat a gentleman hooked to oxygen, playing a machine, smoking a cigarette . I quit and I really don't like being exposed to others people's smoke. I am very pleased this passed. I do not believe the casinos should be exempt. No business should be exempt. -- Phyllis Olson
Winnepeg, Canada, is totally smoke-free, the businesses have not gone broke, nor will ours.
We were at the Argosy the other day. There sat a gentleman hooked to oxygen, playing a machine, smoking a cigarette . I quit and I really don't like being exposed to others people's smoke. I am very pleased this passed. I do not believe the casinos should be exempt. No business should be exempt. -- Phyllis Olson
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Dick wrote on Apr 21, 2008 9:59 PM:
Martin Niemller wrote on Apr 21, 2008 6:51 PM:
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me.
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Jerry wrote on Apr 21, 2008 6:46 PM:
FlimFlam wrote on Apr 20, 2008 9:50 AM:
Joey wrote on Apr 18, 2008 11:02 PM:
What Phillis forgets is that people have a choice as to whether or not they will enter an establishment that allows smoking. You assume legal risk, Phillis, when you walk into a restaurant or bar allows it. This is no different than taking the risk of getting into a moving automobile. (Actually, the threat of secondhand smoke--if one may even call it that--is thousands of times smaller than the possibility of getting into an auto accident. Hmmm...maybe you'd like to ban driving, as well?)
Stand up for your rights, people. CHOOSE TO LIVE FREE.
www.banthebanwisconsin.com "