tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579705626818354150.post3516007905735596322..comments2023-09-28T05:56:51.582-04:00Comments on Titanic Deck Chairs: The Smoking Ban: Protecting Us from Ourselves, Since 2004C. Augusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05860759500684485756noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579705626818354150.post-45455919171305395372019-08-24T12:05:36.568-04:002019-08-24T12:05:36.568-04:00Me and my buddy were arguing about an issue simila...Me and my buddy were arguing about an issue similar to that! These days I be aware that I was best. lol! Thanks for the information you post. <a href="https://puffingbird.com/collections/quartz-titanium-nails-bangers" rel="nofollow">Dab Nail</a><br />puffingbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14594433951696579056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579705626818354150.post-24021414273706326832019-08-06T03:01:24.072-04:002019-08-06T03:01:24.072-04:00I hope you will share such type of impressive cont...I hope you will share such type of impressive contents again with us so that we can utilize it and get more advantage. <a href="https://vapehabitat.com/" rel="nofollow">VapeHabitat</a><br />Troy Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01545293792894384769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579705626818354150.post-78726072191140155402008-03-18T16:36:00.000-04:002008-03-18T16:36:00.000-04:00We have the same smoking ban in Albuquerque and Sa...We have the same smoking ban in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, though the rest of New Mexico remains reassuringly rural and western in culture and outlook.<BR/><BR/>It has been noticed here that certain restaurants have increased business since the smoking ban--particularly family restaurants that do not serve alcohol, and breakfast places. <BR/><BR/>If the ban were lifted here, I expect that some of Elisheva Hannah Levinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16061377724926154037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579705626818354150.post-81054548952138674502008-03-17T07:53:00.000-04:002008-03-17T07:53:00.000-04:00Check out Snuffing Out Puffing Neighbors in yester...Check out <I>Snuffing Out Puffing Neighbors</I> in yesterday's Globe. <BR/><BR/>Sorry to keep referencing the Globe, but it really may impact the opinions of a lot of people around us.,.,.,(that's me shuddering).Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178771612031280593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579705626818354150.post-33324123930344914702008-03-14T13:55:00.000-04:002008-03-14T13:55:00.000-04:00LB, I have the same view of Le Globule. And I als...LB, I have the same view of <I>Le Globule</I>. And I also have noticed the disturbingly common phrases you mentioned being tossed around in its pages. With things like environmentalism popping up as accepted wisdom in random articles having nothing to do with it, it can't help but have an impact.<BR/><BR/>And I agree that it all dovetails nicely with the nanny-state views of most of the people C. Augusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05860759500684485756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579705626818354150.post-90804904186525616842008-03-14T12:36:00.000-04:002008-03-14T12:36:00.000-04:00There’s something beautifully poetic about being B...There’s something beautifully poetic about being <I>Banned in Boston</I>, though, isn’t there? <BR/><BR/>The smoking ban seems downright illegal. I really don’t know enough about it, so maybe this has happened, but why didn’t anyone take the idea to court? I do know that thanks to the inculcation of school children, smoking is pretty much thought to be the equivalent of murder or suicide Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178771612031280593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579705626818354150.post-90979857501942259102008-03-12T14:48:00.000-04:002008-03-12T14:48:00.000-04:00Oh, would that it were true, Rick. Unfortunately,...Oh, would that it were true, Rick. Unfortunately, when the Globe describes new and innovative ways in which the government can "help" us, I'm of the view that they know what they're talking about.<BR/><BR/>I see two commenters so far who are from MA. What do you think of the smoking ban?C. Augusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05860759500684485756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579705626818354150.post-39807152767073163942008-03-12T14:33:00.000-04:002008-03-12T14:33:00.000-04:00Calm down ... take a deep breath. This is the Bos...Calm down ... take a deep breath. This is the Boston Globe we're talking about. Everyone with a brain knows that 90% of what it reports is fiction. :-)Rick "Doc" MacDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03925428040124678898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579705626818354150.post-17632728182074602552008-03-12T08:58:00.000-04:002008-03-12T08:58:00.000-04:00Thanks, Jason and LB.LB: I did see that article in...Thanks, Jason and LB.<BR/><BR/>LB: I did see that article in the Sunday Globe magazine awhile back but didn't read it in detail then. Thanks for the link. The one in your comments isn't active, so I'll include it <A HREF="http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/03/02/when_shove_comes_to_push/" REL="nofollow">here</A>.<BR/><BR/>After reading this, I'm sure this "paternalism C. Augusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05860759500684485756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579705626818354150.post-84952052072806439652008-03-12T08:09:00.000-04:002008-03-12T08:09:00.000-04:00Congratulations on and thanks for the new O blog. ...Congratulations on and thanks for the new O blog. <BR/><BR/>Being from the general Boston area, maybe you saw this in the Globe a few weeks back: <BR/>http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/03/02/when_shove_comes_to_push/<BR/><BR/>It looks like there is no end in sight to this nanny-state madness. It's almost enough to make one an activist! <BR/><BR/>LB (originally from N of BostonLynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178771612031280593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1579705626818354150.post-28246945307013607132008-03-11T20:35:00.000-04:002008-03-11T20:35:00.000-04:00Well put.Well put.Jason Stottshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10662280558130908744noreply@blogger.com