I Know What I Hate...
...and I don't hate this.
Some fine folks in the DC area have started the Ban the Ban campaign to fight a move to ban smoking in bars and restaurants in the District.
Anyone who knows me, knows that I detest tobacco in all its forms and would like to see the substance wiped off the face of the Earth. I've never taken a puff and never plan to. Having watched my mother struggle with her addiction to nicotine, I've become a little intolerant of that nasty habit.
With that said, I find the effort to have government tell business owners how they should run their businesses to be the epitome of nanny-statism and a bureaucratic abomination in this supposedly free society. The folks at Ban the Ban make these arguments a little more eloquently than I, so why not take a moment to read what they have to say.
Posted by Mr. Eff on 11/06/2003 || link
