[NEohioPAL]Let's stand up... for a change...

Sun Nov 19 20:20:38 PST 2006

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Why would this work?  Voters and establishments square off at the polls 
everytime there is a vote.  You know, the ones where at 4/3 victories 
every vote really DOES count?  The hit those who stand to lose revenue 
by losing smokers are already long aware of the loss to their 
businesses, and the ones who don't stand to lose could care less.  Those 
who would bother to take their business elsewhere are already polarized 
on this issue, and see losing potential customers as the price of doing 
business while wearing morality colored glasses.  All the voices sounded 
off and instead of raising a third voice, fell into the typical party 
groove and threw their eggs into the basket of RJ Reynolds' attempt to 
take away local cities' rights to govern themselves.  

There's a knockoff pressed tin sign in the men's room of Spaghetti 
Warehouse that says something on the order of, "nothing that hurts our 
town's businesses could possibly help any of us."  Punishing and/or 
emboldening businesses for doing all they could to pass or stop this 
legislation.  

The answer is for businesses who feel they will lose money in this to 
get together, hire a graphics guy and come up with a sign they can put 
on their door that says, "We welcome smokers."  

Then see how it pans out.  The market will bear out what more people 
care about:  clean air, or hot air.  

Christopher K. Young

Sheldon Lawrence wrote:

> It is time for smokers to say "enough!"  Now the health nazis have 
> decided that privately owned bars and restaurants are "public" 
> places.  Those of us who smoke, and those of you who believe in 
> personal freedom, have to stand up for OUR rights.  Don't go out to 
> eat anymore.  Don't go to bars.  If enough of us participate in this 
> boycott, they will rescind this law.  The pressure from restaurant and 
> bar owners will be too much.  The owners or managers of these 
> establishments should be able to determine what goes on in their own 
> places, as long as it's within the law.  And smoking is still legal.  
> Let's stand up for a change!
> Sheldon Lawrence
> shelactor at yahoo.com
>
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Why would this work?  Voters and establishments square off at the polls everytime
there is a vote.  You know, the ones where at 4/3 victories every vote really
DOES count?  The hit those who stand to lose revenue by losing smokers are
already long aware of the loss to their businesses, and the ones who don't
stand to lose could care less.  Those who would bother to take their business
elsewhere are already polarized on this issue, and see losing potential customers
as the price of doing business while wearing morality colored glasses.  All
the voices sounded off and instead of raising a third voice, fell into the
typical party groove and threw their eggs into the basket of RJ Reynolds'
attempt to take away local cities' rights to govern themselves.   
 
There's a knockoff pressed tin sign in the men's room of Spaghetti Warehouse
that says something on the order of, "nothing that hurts our town's businesses
could possibly help any of us."  Punishing and/or emboldening businesses
for doing all they could to pass or stop this legislation.   
 
The answer is for businesses who feel they will lose money in this to get
together, hire a graphics guy and come up with a sign they can put on their
door that says, "We welcome smokers."   
 
Then see how it pans out.  The market will bear out what more people care
about:  clean air, or hot air.   
 
Christopher K. Young 
 
 
 
Sheldon Lawrence wrote: 
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 cite="mid201391.73173.qm at web52814.mail.yahoo.com">
 <div>It is time for smokers to say "enough!"  Now the health nazis have
decided that privately owned bars and restaurants are "public" places.  Those
of us who smoke, and those of you who believe in personal freedom, have to
stand up for OUR rights.  Don't go out to eat anymore.  Don't go to bars. 
If enough of us participate in this boycott, they will rescind this law. 
The pressure from restaurant and bar owners will be too much.  The owners
or managers of these establishments should be able to determine what goes
on in their own places, as long as it's within the law.  And smoking is still
legal.  Let's stand up for a change!</div>

  <div>Sheldon Lawrence</div>

  <div><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:shelactor at yahoo.com">shelactor at yahoo.com</a></div>
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