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tabbycat31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 09:20 PM Original message |
Poll question: do you support smoking bans in public places (ie bars, restaurants)? |
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I Have A Dream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. Kick. nt |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
2. formal smoker? |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 09:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. That's how I dressed |
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tabbycat31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 09:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. lol at my mistake, should be former smoker |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 06:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
55. How else to justify a snappy smoking jacket? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
3. "Formal" smoker - in a tux? |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 10:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
23. "Formal smoker" means you use a cigarette holder |
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FormerDittoHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 01:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
152. Smoking Jacket, of course! |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
4. I smoke to damage my sense of smell |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 11:59 PM Response to Reply #4 |
25. how about a ban on repulsive cologne and perfume |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
6. I'll stop smoking in public when |
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liberalmuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
7. I used to smoke like a chimney over 10 years ago... |
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4 t 4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 06:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
54. you sound like a voice of reason |
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InkAddict (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
8. If I can't smoke in the open air in a public place, then I don't want |
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Broadslidin (949 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
9. Of course, if a person sparks up a "Joint", I'll move in as close as possible....! |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
10. I would trade |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:33 AM Response to Reply #10 |
47. How about a "no loud, obnoxious people" section? |
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Harry Monroe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 09:47 PM Response to Reply #47 |
125. I'd definitely be in favor of a no cell phone section |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
11. I used to smoke ...... |
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4 t 4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 06:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
56. Hahahhahahhahahah - outstanding!! |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
13. Bars and restaurants are people's workplaces . . . |
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tabbycat31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 10:13 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. another point |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 10:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. Bullshit. |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 12:41 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Yes, ALL bars. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 01:19 AM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Thank you, Cotton Mather. |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:09 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Highway emissions simply aren't as deleterious as cigarette smoke . . . |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:41 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. What double loads of bull |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 06:53 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Well, that's a load of poppycock. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. So, a bartender who smokes in a smokers' bar... |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 06:11 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. A bartender who is a voluntary smoker isn't the issue . . . |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:29 PM Response to Reply #50 |
70. A great many hazardous and unfair activities continue... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:49 PM Response to Reply #70 |
87. Football doesn't give non-football players cancer. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 08:22 PM Response to Reply #87 |
109. Alcohol kills non-alcoholics all the time. |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 08:14 AM Response to Reply #70 |
137. OK, let's take it one item at a time . . . |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 11:46 AM Response to Reply #137 |
143. Last round - bye-bye |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 11:07 PM Response to Reply #50 |
133. what if it's a small privately owned bar, and all the employees are smokers? |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 07:31 AM Response to Reply #133 |
136. Morally/ethically, that might be sustainable . . . |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 11:58 AM Response to Reply #136 |
145. Wow... |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 08:28 PM Response to Reply #145 |
165. Err. . . family law is different from employment law? |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #133 |
156. Then that bar would have to discriminate in their hiring. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #156 |
159. You need to bring a suit against the NFL... |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 10:38 PM Response to Reply #29 |
131. How about if you want to work there, be |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 03:01 PM Response to Reply #131 |
160. Shhhh!!! |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 12:03 AM Response to Reply #13 |
26. then get another job |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 12:42 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. And because you have these memories about whining waitresses . . . |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 10:52 PM Response to Reply #26 |
132. Oh yes, in this wonderful economy, it is just *so* easy to get another job |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 03:03 PM Response to Reply #132 |
161. I think bars should be required to hire every single unemployed person RIGHT NOW... |
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4 t 4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:12 PM Response to Reply #13 |
65. I agree 100 % You shouldn't have to do a lot |
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The Gunslinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
14. Other |
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dweller (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. KnR for your open mind and fair assesment |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 12:44 AM Response to Reply #15 |
31. Except . . . |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 01:21 AM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Get out of my bar! |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 05:02 AM Response to Reply #31 |
39. "Nope. Just have the smokers step outside." |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 08:02 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Wanting something intensely (like a cigarette) . . . |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:30 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. "Is not the same as having the right to poison someone else" |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 06:39 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Are sin taxes simon-pure fair? |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 06:44 PM Response to Reply #44 |
51. So you understand that it's a choice.... |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 08:18 AM Response to Reply #51 |
138. We're not talking patronage. That ship left long ago . . . |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 11:45 AM Response to Reply #138 |
142. **SNORT** - Did you forget what the question was?? |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 03:17 PM Response to Reply #142 |
162. You're right about the bottom line and it's impossible to argue against it. |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 09:22 PM Response to Reply #162 |
168. Thank you.. and that really *is* the bottom line... |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 08:38 PM Response to Reply #142 |
166. I support smoking bans in public places (in this case, bars) |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 09:10 PM Response to Reply #166 |
167. You still don't seem to understand that no one is FORCED to work anywhere.. |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 01:10 AM Response to Reply #167 |
174. You're the one who has it backwards . . . |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 01:33 AM Response to Reply #174 |
177. You're a living, breathing cartoon, aren't you? |
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MrModerate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 03:01 AM Response to Reply #177 |
178. Many years ago, talk show host Dick Cavett . . . |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:00 AM Response to Reply #14 |
46. I stand behind your comment. Nicely written! |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
60. Would the same logic not hold true for people who want to use their property to store toxic waste? |
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The Gunslinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 09:21 PM Response to Reply #60 |
119. There are laws about storing toxic waste, and wearing safety equipment |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 09:33 PM Response to Reply #119 |
121. There are laws regulating the time, place, and manner that toxic waste is stored. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 11:12 PM Response to Reply #14 |
135. Here in AZ it hurt some places and helped others. |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
16. Inside, yes. |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
17. Other. Define "public place." |
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scrinmaster (563 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
19. State buildings, yes. Private property, no. |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
20. Question about that formal smoker category. Are we talking wearing a |
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Christian30 (341 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
21. I'm a smoker |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
22. restaurants, yes...bars, no |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
27. SEPERATE BUT EQUAL!!!!! |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:47 PM Response to Reply #27 |
83. a |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
28. Yes and I'm a smoker. My choice to poison myself is my own and no one else... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
32. i hit other.... i dont care. either way. not an issue. n/t |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
33. Sorry to say this |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 12:55 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. That's why we need seperate but equal |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
35. Yup. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 04:27 AM Response to Original message |
38. Yes, indoors. Not a fan of outdoor smoking bans. Non-smoker. |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
48. Other |
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Madison knows (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
52. ANYONE who voted YES is a control freak who has no respect |
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4 t 4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 06:52 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. You know what ? |
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Madison knows (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 06:58 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. Are you suggesting that people do not own themselves? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 06:59 PM Response to Reply #52 |
58. Anyone who smokes in public has no respect for other people. |
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Madison knows (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:06 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. If I own a place that I open to the public, it is my choice as to |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:07 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. Depends on which state you live in. |
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Madison knows (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:12 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. It depends on whether you live in a free state or a slave state. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:15 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. All states have worker protection laws. |
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Madison knows (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:41 PM Response to Reply #67 |
74. I don't know anyone who enjoys inhaling asbestos, do you? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:42 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. I don't know anybody who enjoys inhaling tobacco smoke. |
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Madison knows (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:45 PM Response to Reply #75 |
79. I don't smoke, but I've been in many smokey bars and night clubs |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:47 PM Response to Reply #79 |
84. "It's OK if I have an unsafe work environment." |
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Madison knows (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:58 PM Response to Reply #84 |
95. Mr. Goody Two Shoes...he wants to make sure that everyone has a safe working |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 08:00 PM Response to Reply #95 |
97. Anti worker safety? You ARE a Rand-tard, aren't you? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 08:01 PM Response to Reply #95 |
98. Phony arguments for freedom are often pathetic. |
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Madison knows (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 08:06 PM Response to Reply #98 |
101. Phony arguments for safety are the most pathetic of all. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 08:07 PM Response to Reply #101 |
102. Oh, it's not phony. |
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Madison knows (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 08:10 PM Response to Reply #102 |
104. So, don't smoke. That's what I do. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 08:10 PM Response to Reply #104 |
105. Great, then you've got nothing to worry about re: smoking bans. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 12:28 PM Response to Reply #95 |
150. lol -- good one -- caring about safe working environments is stupid and worthy of ridicule |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:43 PM Response to Reply #64 |
76. There haven't been "slave states" in over 140 years now |
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Madison knows (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:46 PM Response to Reply #76 |
82. Yes, Cuba is a slave state that grow tobacco. |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:48 PM Response to Reply #82 |
86. Jealous because they make better cigars than your company? |
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Madison knows (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:51 PM Response to Reply #86 |
90. The only thing I'm jealous of are astronauts. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:55 PM Response to Reply #90 |
93. NASA facilities are non-smoking. |
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Madison knows (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:59 PM Response to Reply #93 |
96. I don't smoke either, so that works for me. |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:55 PM Response to Reply #90 |
94. If Lance Bass can get someone to pony up $20 million to put him in space |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #64 |
153. "a slave state" |
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4 t 4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:46 PM Response to Reply #61 |
81. yes it should be up to each owner and patron |
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4 t 4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 09:16 PM Response to Reply #58 |
118. Just a tad harsh, don't you think |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:01 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. Anyone who voted no is a paid Phillip Morris lobbyist |
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Madison knows (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:07 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. Spoken like a true Control Freak. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:15 PM Response to Reply #62 |
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Madison knows (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:37 PM Response to Reply #66 |
72. Like you say, American is a liberal country. It's too bad that you're not. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:41 PM Response to Reply #72 |
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Madison knows (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:43 PM Response to Reply #73 |
77. Whatever...I would never expect an authoritarian to understand the concept of freedom. |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:45 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. So are you actually posting from the Phillip Morris headquarters right now? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:49 PM Response to Reply #80 |
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Madison knows (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 08:04 PM Response to Reply #91 |
100. Anyone who errs on the side of freedom. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 08:11 PM Response to Reply #100 |
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Madison knows (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 08:13 PM Response to Reply #106 |
108. Yeah, that's what tyrants usually call people like me. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:44 PM Response to Reply #72 |
78. Worker protection is a very liberal issue. |
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Madison knows (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:48 PM Response to Reply #78 |
85. Choosing where you work is a REAL liberal issue my authoritarian friend. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:49 PM Response to Reply #85 |
89. On the part of the employee, sure. |
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kdpeters (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 08:33 PM Response to Reply #52 |
110. I fart in your face and, by God, you will sit there and sniff |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 09:00 AM Response to Reply #110 |
173. If You're Dumb Enough To Go Somewhere Where You Have to Let People Fart In Your Face |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
68. HEROIN ADDICTS RIGHTS NOW !11!11!1!! |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 12:05 PM Response to Reply #68 |
148. Poppy Bush was the chief Anti-Drug Warrior of the 1980s... |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 03:29 PM Response to Reply #148 |
163. Well said. You'd think this country would know better about prohibition |
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Dukkha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
69. I lived in CA and OH when both bans were enacted |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
71. Eating areas, yes. Bars and bar areas, no. |
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4 t 4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 08:35 PM Response to Reply #71 |
112. Again How about make it illegal or everyone |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 09:31 PM Response to Reply #112 |
120. Ha! |
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SarahB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
92. Ex-smoker. |
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4 t 4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 09:04 PM Response to Reply #92 |
115. again , you don't need to be around smokers if you don't |
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SarahB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 09:18 AM Response to Reply #115 |
139. I already stated my opinion when I did smoke. |
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Geek_Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
99. Other.... |
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RiverStone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
103. Ya know, smoking debate threads on DU are notoriously messy! |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
107. that is encouraging |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
111. absolutely and also in places where private property is affected by others' unwelcome smoke |
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4 t 4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 08:44 PM Response to Reply #111 |
113. are you so chronically allergic to pot smoke ? just asking? |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 08:46 PM Response to Reply #113 |
114. no |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
116. Not in bars. Restaurants I have no problem with. |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
117. Yes |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 12:04 PM Response to Reply #117 |
146. They've stopped it in Atlantic City and the casinos are so much better for it |
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Harry Monroe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
122. When a smoker asks me "Mind if I smoke?" |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 12:06 PM Response to Reply #122 |
149. Go ahead and fart, wtf do I care? |
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Harry Monroe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
123. When a smoker asks "Mind if I smoke?" |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
124. We have a smoking bar/grill not far from here. |
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randr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
126. I think we should be encouraged to fart in bars and restaurants |
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greguganus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 01:35 PM Response to Reply #126 |
154. Fart gas is probably safer than cigarette smoke, just keep the farts away from open flames! n/t |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
127. other: restaurants, yes, that's a given; bars inside yes, ventilated outside patio areas no... |
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Kansas Wyatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
128. Smoking bans in bars.... Dumbest idea ever thought up. |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
129. Public? |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
130. Smoking sections were fine. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-08-09 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
134. I smoke and I prefer smoking outside. |
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Dulcinea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
140. No. |
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pink-o (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
141. Dudes! Only one statement necessary on the whole issue: |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 12:04 PM Response to Reply #141 |
147. Duder, they also think Jerry Lewis is like completely & totally funny too... |
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pink-o (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #147 |
155. Yeah, no accounting for that weirdness. But my point is, the French are the smokin'-est nation |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 03:33 PM Response to Reply #155 |
164. They're the hottest ones too. |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 03:39 AM Response to Reply #164 |
169. Oooh la la!! Oui! |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
144. As long as the business owner posts a sign outside, |
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riqster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
151. I make an exception for bars |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
157. Yes. |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-09-09 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
158. hell yes! and I'm an ex-smoker |
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rcrush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 04:25 AM Response to Original message |
170. I smoke like its 1950. Light up in church! |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 04:34 AM Response to Original message |
171. Absolutely! |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
172. Restaurants, Yes. Bars, No. No One Goes to Bars For Their Health. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 01:16 AM Response to Original message |
175. Yep. Screw smokers. Ruining my dinner is not your right. |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 01:27 AM Response to Original message |
176. Hell yes!! I cannot stand the stinch of it all. |
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BobTheSubgenius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-11-09 04:16 AM Response to Original message |
179. I can't imagine how anyone could oppose clean air, |
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