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Smoking ban just won't quit - Parks and Playgrounds next!! (pg. 6)
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| Inrush |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
You are right. laws like this can spin out to anything. Thats the point he is trying to make. Take your mentality and apply to just about anything for similar results. |
not just laws like this but everything. If this is not right then what makes the us constitution right and what makes killing people wrong and what makes... So what makes anything right or wrong? |
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| ChemEnhanced |
| quote: | Originally posted by Inrush
you have never seen before the ban people smoking right at the doors? With ash trays right there but they still through the on the ground. |
people throw their tim horton cups on the ground too...whats your point? There is already a fine for littering....have that law enforced if you are concerned about cigarette butts on the ground. If you are concerned about the two seconds it takes you to get past the smoker while entering a building then hold your breath or ask them nicely if they mind not smoking infront of the door. |
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| infinity HiGH |
| quote: | Originally posted by Inrush
And I cant wait till the day that smoking is gone for good. |
Do you have trouble sleeping at night? |
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| Jayx1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Inrush
not just laws like this but everything. If this is not right then what makes the us constitution right and what makes killing people wrong and what makes... So what makes anything right or wrong? |
Better yet. What gives who the right to decide whats right and wrong? |
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| Inrush |
| quote: | Originally posted by ChemEnhanced
people throw their tim horton cups on the ground too...whats your point? There is already a fine for littering....have that law enforced if you are concerned about cigarette butts on the ground. If you are concerned about the two seconds it takes you to get past the smoker while entering a building then hold your breath or ask them nicely if they mind not smoking infront of the door. |
but why do i have to hold my breath. its my choice to breath. This is just going to go on and on. there is no right answer. |
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| Inrush |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
Better yet. What gives who the right to decide whats right and wrong? |
:haha: touche |
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| Jayx1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by ChemEnhanced
people throw their tim horton cups on the ground too...whats your point? There is already a fine for littering....have that law enforced if you are concerned about cigarette butts on the ground. If you are concerned about the two seconds it takes you to get past the smoker while entering a building then hold your breath or ask them nicely if they mind not smoking infront of the door. |
Once a friend of mine was smoking in an underground garage. Some guy drives up to him, opens the window and asks him to stop smoking. He says "are you some sort of security or a cop?" He says "No i just dont like breathing your smoke." He says "tell you what, you stop emitting your carcinogenic car fumes and forcing me to breathe them in here, and ill put out my smoke"
LOL classic.... |
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| Inrush |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
Once a friend of mine was smoking in an underground garage. Some guy drives up to him, opens the window and asks him to stop smoking. He says "are you some sort of security or a cop?" He says "No i just dont like breathing your smoke." He says "tell you what, you stop emitting your carcinogenic car fumes and forcing me to breathe them in here, and ill put out my smoke"
LOL classic.... |
same with the guy smoking out of a McDs where a fat lady comes out and says to him, "you are killing yourself" and the man looks at her and starts to laugh and says, "I wonder who is going to die first." |
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| Spam |
| quote: | Originally posted by Inrush
same with the guy smoking out of a McDs where a fat lady comes out and says to him, "you are killing yourself" and the man looks at her and starts to laugh and says, "I wonder who is going to die first." |
ROFLMAO, I've pulled that one myself, not that I smoke cigarettes, mind you.
I understand the theory behind this rule, and support the end-goal. That is, protecting kids from second hand smoke that they don't really have a choice in breathing or not.
But please. When do the rules stop? They can't be enforced anyway. Cops will often turn the other way when people are smoking POT right in front of them, why the hell does anyone think they'll step up and fine someone for smoking cigarettes?
Even if this bi-law is passed, it'll be so far down the priority list for police that it will still effectively be legal to smoke near parks and playgrounds. Have you driven by a cop while talking on your cellphone recently? I have, a few times, even had an OPP car following me for 5 minutes while I was on the phone with my friend, they just don't care.
There are so many other, more important, problems that the police should be focusing on that I wonder why city hall would want to create even more work for the already understaffed police force. Drug dealing, shootings, muggings, etc. etc. What's the point of creating a law that can't be enforced? |
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| dEsidEL |
| quote: | Originally posted by ChemEnhanced
So lets list a few things that would harm a kid.
- vehicle exhaust
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absolutely... i demand that no vehicle operate within a 10 km radius of a playground or park
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| MarkT |
I don't support this at all.
I fully support the ban in workplaces, indoors period, public places of business (bars, clubs, etc)...but the outdoors is the outdoors. |
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| me@t k@tie |
| quote: | Originally posted by Inrush
but why do i have to hold my breath. its my choice to breath. This is just going to go on and on. there is no right answer. |
You're grossly overestimating the dangers of second hand smoke in the 5 seconds you're walking up to the doorway. It's a silly thing to be even concerned about - the air you're breathing outside that door has many, many more pollutants in it, but you don't hold your breath outside, do you?
There are a lot of things out there that will kill you. Some a lot faster than others. The odds of dying from "second hand smoke inhaled while walking through the entrance of a building" are pretty slim. Especially compared to all the other things. I'd worry more about those. |
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