Larry Gude
Strung Out
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-belmont29jan29,0,7656220.story?coll=la-home-local
This is so blatantly unconstitutional it's not even funny. Calling that a 'step forward' uncovers a mindset and thought process that is simply mindnumbing.
The greatest right. Hmmm. "Life, liberty and the persuit of happiness" come to mind. I guess that's the argument, that my smoking threatens your life and your liberty and your persuit of happiness.
Well, does it?
The boundaries? Read "1984" azzhole.
We went to Iraq to depose a dictator and put pressure on othr bad actors in the region. Seems we've got plenty here at home to deal with.
Banning smoking everywhere but single-family detached homes and their yards would be a big step forward, even in health-conscious California.
This is so blatantly unconstitutional it's not even funny. Calling that a 'step forward' uncovers a mindset and thought process that is simply mindnumbing.
"When you have a smoker and a nonsmoker living next to each other in an apartment, the smoker is fine. It's the nonsmoker who feels the pain," Husmann said, especially if that person has asthma or other respiratory problems. "The right to breathe fresh air is the greatest right."
The greatest right. Hmmm. "Life, liberty and the persuit of happiness" come to mind. I guess that's the argument, that my smoking threatens your life and your liberty and your persuit of happiness.
"The joke," DeWitt said, "is if you're driving down El Camino and you're speeding and you get pulled over and you're smoking, is the penalty increased?"
Well, does it?
"I don't know where the boundaries of a truly legally defensible ordinance are," acknowledged Councilman Dave Warden, who is pushing to pass "the strictest law possible."
The boundaries? Read "1984" azzhole.
So although Belmont may not make the kind of history envisioned in the early headlines ("Belmont to be first U.S. city to ban all smoking"), it still could make history of another sort, by finding a line this tobacco-averse nation is unwilling to cross — at least for the moment — in pursuit of better public health.
We went to Iraq to depose a dictator and put pressure on othr bad actors in the region. Seems we've got plenty here at home to deal with.