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Thursday, February 18, 2010

City A Note on the New Smoking Ban

Posted by Charles Mudede on Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 11:49 AM

The ban on smoking in parks? Well and good. But you people cannot have everything you want. You need to learn how to give and take. If you ban smoking, then un-ban drinking in parks. Most of us would be very happy with that swap. You keep the cigarettes; we keep the booze.

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Hear, hear.

Posted by Fnarf

on February 18, 2010 at 11:57 AM

"you people" (?)

Posted by attitude devant on February 18, 2010 at 12:00 PM

Ban milk, but not cookies!

Posted by kitschnsync on February 18, 2010 at 12:06 PM

I don't agree with the ban, but as a non-smoker who drinks I would definitely take that trade.

Posted by e.strange

on February 18, 2010 at 12:07 PM

Seconded!

Posted by Grant Brissey

on February 18, 2010 at 12:10 PM

first thing Charles has ever said that i agree with.

Posted by diminished on February 18, 2010 at 12:13 PM

Many cities legislate against public drunkenness, but not public drinking. We have the inverse. Weird.

Posted by gloomy gus on February 18, 2010 at 12:22 PM

Fuck the smoking ban.

Posted by seandr on February 18, 2010 at 12:36 PM

Attention all drinkers who support the smoking ban and continued increase in taxes on cigarettes. Until the cost of your particular sin triples over the course of a few years and is banned from occurring in public, stfu. We would get a lot more tax dollars out of the drinkers than we will out of the smokers.

Posted by bpinsea on February 18, 2010 at 12:48 PM

@6 "first thing Charles has ever said that i agree with"

I second that

Posted by Andy_Squirrel on February 18, 2010 at 12:51 PM

You know, the tax on cigarettes is way more in other countries.

Posted by Will in Seattle

on February 18, 2010 at 1:04 PM

riiight...because nobody has the impulse to smoke when they're drinking.

Posted by olive on February 18, 2010 at 1:07 PM

They should legalize cannabis in the parks. It would be a refreshing reversal to see the police approach to make sure what you're rolling is a joint, not a cig. Better yet, why not have the police work on the violence in the city? What a novel idea! At least when they're not perpetrating said violence, that is.

Posted by UnCommonSense on February 18, 2010 at 1:44 PM