When does this train end?

little pet peeves, I can tell you that if you have ear buds in, and they are so loud that the person next to you can hear them, you are damaging your ears.

I'm a roadie, I know a bit about damaged hearing.

This guy just doesn't know how to mind his own business.

that makes less than no sense.

There's a difference between telling them (PSA's and stuff) verses Bloomberg's outlaw everything approach. He's honestly become a democratically elected tyrant for NYC.

Mandating behavior is not.

If you want to be a nit picker lets pick some nits.

A) I was calling Bloomberg a nanny stater, which he is, and I said he didn't know how to mind his own business, which he doesn't.

B) I didn't opine on whatever proposal was made at all until after you jumped in.

So, in reality, I did NOT take two sides of anything. My original post was my take on Bloomberg, my response to you was that it's fine to point things out to people but not fine to attempt to force them to do things the nanny staters think they should.

So, nyah nyah to you.

Baby formula, smoking, fatty foods, soda, music...

Can I keep my penis? It has been known to get me into... "Regrettable" situations from time to time.

who has an issue with wasting taxpayers money on something that we were all taught in the 2nd grade. Brought to us by a mayor who in my opinion is a hypocritical 1%er who uses his wealth to force others to bend to his whims while ignoring them himself after buying himself a third term.

Bloomie can go screw.

And folks know full well it will start with this and end with other things.

Why not just a public campaign on smoking/sodas/etc?

We don't want to educate, we want to control - it is not your body, your choice, except in one case where liberals think it should be and one case only.

Educate people? Fine. Let's educate them about all the choices they make that could harm them across the board, from sex, to abortions, to guns, to loud music - but let's stop there and let folks have the ability to choose how to live their own lives.

... I don't see a problem with this. Go ahead, let people know this will cause them permanent damage.

It's not a volume law. And people need to understand how hearing loss occurs.
Good on Bloomberg.

and some young kids need to hear this.

but I still think Bloomberg should mind his own business.

i heard that!

But I don't have a problem with PSAs.

As far as I know, most hearing damage is irreparable.

Priorities?

POS he and karma has a way of catching up with him and his ilk, indeed.

He feels entitled to dictate to the rest of us how we are supposed to live our lives according to his standards. Bloomberg seriously needs to mind his own god damned business. Money does not give him the authority to be a nosy parker in the name of the public good.

as he is deaf in one ear, and it ruins his timing and kept him from touring a number of years.

Frankie Valli went deaf and needed major surgery so that he would be able to sing again
(and he is now bigger than ever)

But it is annoying.