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From: sarah@rdin.UUCP (sarah)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Re: what is it about smoking
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Date: Wed, 24-Aug-83 12:34:02 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 24 12:34:02 1983
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       I am not basing my support for certain restrictions on smoking
       on societal consensus.  I am basing it on the documented fact
       that passive smoking is harmful.  (I stand ready to support
       that statement with quotes and sources which I have previously
       posted to the net.  If you claim that passive smoking is not
       harmful, please cite your sources, preferably along with some
       convincing quotes.)

       The idea that the legal system should be based on rights, not
       restrictions, sounds wonderful; but what does that mean?  The
       U.S. government has long recognized that the right to the freedom
       of speech does not include the right to yell "Fire!" in a crowded
       theater.

       A person's right to smoke does not include the right to cause
       physical damage and discomfort to others.

				     Sarah Groves
				     New York
				     philabs!rdin!sarah