Originally Posted By: Bengalsfan
Originally Posted By: Jokerman
Originally Posted By: Jokerman
Originally Posted By: Bengalsfan
Seems to me that the number one problem in Mississippi is lawmakers wasting taxpayer money and time on stupid things.


And are we not a government by the people, for the people, and of the people?

Overeaters have a choice now. They can move. They can quit overeating. Or they can suck it up and kill themselves in their own private homes.


For those not in on the joke, the above was roughly Bengalsfan's response to yet another infringement of liberty and property rights - the use of the force of law to prohibit smoking in privately-owned establishments. He had no problem with that intrusion, yet this one is stupid.


My being obese and eating next to you does not affect you. Someone smoking next to me DOES affect my health.


(a) That's BS. (b) Even if it's not, no one is forcing you to go to a restaurant or bar that allows it.