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by Doug MataconisThe guys at Reason.tv take a look at smoking bans, including one town that prohibits people from smoking in their own homes:
H/T: Rick Sincere
“Comrades, I beg of you, do not resort to compulsory taxation. There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him.” Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
November 13, 2008
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In a different post, a distinction a fair law, an unfair law and a law applied unfairly was made. In this post, I will leave it to you to determine just which category anti smoking laws fall into.
I do not fore see civil disobedience on any real scale with anti smoking laws, but I do see such laws being part of the fuel for civil disobedience in other matters.
Comment by Harry Rossman — November 13, 2008 @ 5:43 pmBoiling the frog here.
Comment by Akston — November 13, 2008 @ 10:00 pm