Comments on: Win for property owners! http://www.saysuncle.com/2006/03/22/win_for_property_owners/ Remember, I do this to entertain me... not you. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:38:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: tgirsch http://www.saysuncle.com/2006/03/22/win_for_property_owners/comment-page-1/#comment-61288 tgirsch Thu, 23 Mar 2006 21:33:13 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2006/03/22/win_for_property_owners/#comment-61288 I'm on the fence on this. I can see both sides of the issue. Because of the well-documented dangers of second-hand smoke, I tend to lean toward the anti-smoking side of this one. But only mildly. There are plenty of jobs available to teens that <i>don't</i> involve working where smoking is allowed. As an aside, smoking is illegal in most bars and restaurants in Toronto, and I have to say, it was <i>really</i> nice. You could spend a night out and not end the evening smelling like an ashtray. As a non-smoker, I like the airport solution: corral all the smokers into a room where they can smoke all they want, don't have to go outside, but aren't bothering anyone else. I’m on the fence on this. I can see both sides of the issue. Because of the well-documented dangers of second-hand smoke, I tend to lean toward the anti-smoking side of this one. But only mildly. There are plenty of jobs available to teens that don’t involve working where smoking is allowed.

As an aside, smoking is illegal in most bars and restaurants in Toronto, and I have to say, it was really nice. You could spend a night out and not end the evening smelling like an ashtray. As a non-smoker, I like the airport solution: corral all the smokers into a room where they can smoke all they want, don’t have to go outside, but aren’t bothering anyone else.

]]> By: Manish http://www.saysuncle.com/2006/03/22/win_for_property_owners/comment-page-1/#comment-60887 Manish Wed, 22 Mar 2006 19:21:53 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2006/03/22/win_for_property_owners/#comment-60887 <i>If this bill had passed, there would be a lot of out of work teenagers.</i> The law of unintended consequences. If this bill had passed, there would be a lot of out of work teenagers.

The law of unintended consequences.

]]> By: NateG http://www.saysuncle.com/2006/03/22/win_for_property_owners/comment-page-1/#comment-60886 NateG Wed, 22 Mar 2006 18:53:43 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2006/03/22/win_for_property_owners/#comment-60886 And besides, those means could have been (and currently are) reached without a law. The restaurants (or bars, whatever) can ban smoking there if they see fit. Or not. Maybe lots of restaurants are hurting themselves by allowing smoking... if so, let some enterprising fellow ban smoking in his store/restaurant/bar and profit from everyone else's folly. Just don't make a law to do it. (I worked at a bar/bowling alley in New York state before and after the smoking ban took effect. Let's just say that they wouldn't have gone the way of your diner. They lost a lot of money from that law.) And besides, those means could have been (and currently are) reached without a law. The restaurants (or bars, whatever) can ban smoking there if they see fit. Or not. Maybe lots of restaurants are hurting themselves by allowing smoking… if so, let some enterprising fellow ban smoking in his store/restaurant/bar and profit from everyone else’s folly. Just don’t make a law to do it. (I worked at a bar/bowling alley in New York state before and after the smoking ban took effect. Let’s just say that they wouldn’t have gone the way of your diner. They lost a lot of money from that law.)

]]> By: Ravenwood http://www.saysuncle.com/2006/03/22/win_for_property_owners/comment-page-1/#comment-60885 Ravenwood Wed, 22 Mar 2006 18:26:10 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2006/03/22/win_for_property_owners/#comment-60885 Ben, The ends don't justify the means. Ben,

The ends don’t justify the means.

]]> By: ben http://www.saysuncle.com/2006/03/22/win_for_property_owners/comment-page-1/#comment-60877 ben Wed, 22 Mar 2006 16:14:31 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2006/03/22/win_for_property_owners/#comment-60877 Yeah, scrap the law, but... we had a law up in Vancouver BC that killed smoking in restaraunts. The local diner suddenly was filled with families on Saturday and Sunday morning, ordering lots of spendy breakfasts and all that. Before the ban, it was filled with surly teenagers drinking coffee and smoking, and not much else. The ban was killed for being illegal. The restaraunt did NOT switch back. Interesting. Yeah, scrap the law, but…

we had a law up in Vancouver BC that killed smoking in restaraunts. The local diner suddenly was filled with families on Saturday and Sunday morning, ordering lots of spendy breakfasts and all that. Before the ban, it was filled with surly teenagers drinking coffee and smoking, and not much else.

The ban was killed for being illegal. The restaraunt did NOT switch back. Interesting.

]]> By: NashvilleFiles Blog http://www.saysuncle.com/2006/03/22/win_for_property_owners/comment-page-1/#comment-60875 NashvilleFiles Blog Wed, 22 Mar 2006 16:03:20 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2006/03/22/win_for_property_owners/#comment-60875 <strong>There oughta be a law...</strong> "There oughta be a law." Those words are the worst words that can be spoken by a citizen or a politician. Those words are the words that are leading us to serfdom day by day. The more laws we have... There oughta be a law…

“There oughta be a law.” Those words are the worst words that can be spoken by a citizen or a politician. Those words are the words that are leading us to serfdom day by day. The more laws we have…

]]> By: Blake http://www.saysuncle.com/2006/03/22/win_for_property_owners/comment-page-1/#comment-60873 Blake Wed, 22 Mar 2006 14:24:18 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2006/03/22/win_for_property_owners/#comment-60873 Here here! Here here!

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