If I could drive on a highway where no one drank, and there was a completely separate highway just for drunken drivers, it would be a different story. And probably from an evolutionary standpoint, a great idea.
There is only one set of roads out there, and we all have to drive on them, so more restrictions make sense. Not to mention that most roads actually ARE public property, i.e. owned by the government. I dislike the perversion of the term "public property" to include private establishments that happen to allow public access.
If there was only one bar that everyone had to drink in, the smoking laws might make more sense. But bars are private property, and it is not only possible but typical for several to be in the same town. Smoking or nonsmoking should be a free market decision by the bar owners.
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Bad analogy
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- Banned in Boston (public smoking, that is, and I'm glad)
- Smoking in Bars
- Ridiculous.
- Re: And I'll be sure to stay out of Boston . . . (n/t) (n/t)