Let’s Really Go Smoke Free
“Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victim may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated, but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”
- C.S. Lewis
I’ve always preferred robber barons to busy bodies. The robber barons are motivated by greed, busy bodies tend t be motivated by some rather annoying streak of morality and self-righteousness.
The anti-smoking forces are back with a vengeance and are pushing (as we told you first) for a total ban on smoking in public places in Marion County. They want to eliminate all exemptions from the current smoking ban. It gets old fighting these guys so I figure if you can’t beat them, join them.
I will gladly support a total smoking ban in public places in Marion County if the Smoke Free Indy people agree to the following…
- A ban on smoking in homes and apartments where children are present.
- A ban on smoking in homes and apartments when guests and visitors are present.
- A ban on drive thru windows at restaurants so that workers are not exposed to dangerous exhaust fumes from automobiles.
- A ban on congested traffic in downtown Indianapolis because it harms the air quality.
That’s just a start. Feel free to add anything to the list.
