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From: bormanp@stolaf.UUCP
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Subject: Re: reply to ** FRODO **
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Date: Sun, 14-Aug-83 03:29:39 EDT
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Posted: Sun Aug 14 03:29:39 1983
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laura, I don't think you have brought about a reasonable compaireson.
First, smokers are not the majority, unless the downward trend of smoking
has reversed itself.  In 1980 I believe that only 49% of the adult population
smoked, and I am sure this number is getting smaller (I can only hope).
Second, we are not discriminating against them as in the Blacks and German
Shepards (which undoubtably wrong), we are saying that they are violating
our rights to FRESH CLEAN AIR.  Blacks have always been Black, man has not
always smoked.  We have banned certain popular things because they where
indeed harmfull.  Take Cocaine, the substance Coca-Cola got its name from.
Cocaine is what gave Coke it's kick from originally.  I would be in support
of an all out ban on tobacco, but that is unreasonable in the eyes of the
majority, and I respect that, but a ban of public smoking is no different
than a ban on public urinating (surely we would not totally ban urinating.)

I agree that no absolute 100% proof positive evidence linking passive
smoking with cancer, emphasema (how ever you spell it), and other nifty
things that smokers have a surplus of, all though there is a corralation.
But, there is 100% proof positive that passive smoking irritates eyes,
noses, and the lungs of those being subjected to smoke.

I am not one to support excessive legislation, but I am not against
needed legislation.  I would be perfectly happy not to have a law on
the books banning public smoking IF people would be curteous enough
not to do it on there own.  They wont, hence I support the ban.


				-Paul R Borman
				 St. Olaf College
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