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January 22, 2005
Smoking ban in Montreal
A funny quote from this article about Montreal's upcoming ban on smoking in bars and restaurants:
Being a smoker and coming out in favour of smoking in places where I know my excess smoke trails are going to have a detrimental effect on those around me is a little like coming out in favour of farting at the dinner table. It's not an easy position to defend.
I do agree with the person who says that control and common sense should see us through the smoking thing with the law not getting involved. But who is he kidding? Since when have the masses ever had that kind of common sense and control? Further, if the addiction really is as strong as they say it is, he should simply consider himself lucky that he isn't a slave to the cigarette.
Also, having non-smoking bars and restaurants alongside smoking bars and restaurants would be a wonderful idea, except that many smokers and non-smokers would not really want to go to the same places with each other, or the smokers would have to go to the non-smokers places half the time, or they would have to switch in the middle of an evening (not always convenient). Furthermore, bar owners in Montreal at least, appreciate the smopking culture and the people in it. They want smokers. They spend more money in bars, or so they think, anyway. Lastly, even if some enterprising would-be bar owner wanted to create a smokeless bar, would be have the guts to do so? No. The people would simply go next door where they could smoke their hearts out with impunity. I say with impunity because sometimes it feels like you are being punished for wanting to go out and have a beer without smoking.
I'd love to have sex in public, but I understand that the public does not appreciate seeing me do this in the Fantasy section at Chapters. Maybe smoking will have the same effect in terms of sensibilities. Fine if you want to, but do it at home. Or away from me in any case.
Posted by JonasParker at January 22, 2005 10:22 AM
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Don't even get me started... Hey, if New York City can make it work, Montreal can. 'Nuff said.
Posted by: La at January 24, 2005 7:52 PM
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