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These are the rights people elected to abandon. Your “accept it or move” philosophy is flawed to say the least. I thought it was idiotic the first time you said it. It would be like accepting you have a curable form of cancer and choosing not to fight it.
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I wrote "change it or move" and you read "accept it or move"?
Big difference between the two.
Before you go into how idiotic something printed is, you might want to double check what's printed next time.
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And telling people they can’t allow smokers on their private property isn’t equally absurd? If you have people over to dinner, it’s your private property; you can be as controlling as you wish. If they don’t like it, they can always leave. They will honour your wishes and leave because they respect your right to run your property in a manner of your choosing.
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Again, I see a difference between my own home, which is not a business and a restaurant. The government does as well. I can't remember the last time a government inspector came to my kitchen.
In my home, there is an expectation of privacy. In a business, where the general public is permitted without prior invitation, there is no expectation of privacy. That would be absurd.
I know of no other way to try to demonstrate the difference to you, but if you truly don't see a difference, then perhaps I'll drop by your place for dinner the next time I'm in the area. Don't worry. I'll bring my cigarettes.
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No. I don’t agree that you have the right to control anyone else. Are you so controlling that every place erected must cater to your restrictive lifestyle or it cannot exist?
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You want to make this personal for some reason. This is not an issue of control for me personally. I just feel that majority should rule in a case like this.
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I think John summed it up pretty well.
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Kind of scary to me that you both support drunk driving in some form, but each to his/her own I guess.
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I don’t pretend. I don’t force people to adhere to my beliefs. Nor do I even remotely attempt to control anyone. I will be content as long as people don’t force me to adhere to their beliefs --or force me to pay for them.
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So you would disagree with John's idea to bail out the restaurants that go under because of smoking laws?
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I think I’m a tad more tolerant than you, mon ami. |
To be honest, I don't think you know me well enough to judge me like that.
Tolerance and judgement don't play well together.