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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
“There has grown up in the minds of certain groups in this country the notion that because a man or corporation has made a profit out of the public for a number of years, the government and the courts are charged with the duty of guaranteeing such profit in the future, even in the face of changing circumstances and contrary to public interest. This strange doctrine is not supported by statute or common law. Neither individuals nor corporations have any right to come into court and ask that the clock of history be stopped, or turned back.” Robert A. Heinlein, Life Line
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