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  • No -- but tobacco products should be restricted.

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  • No -- but tobacco products should be taxed much more.

    2 15.38%
  • No -- preserve current rules.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DLLS View Post
    So the whole mandatory seat belt thing isn't because they want to keep me alive as a person but as a taxpayer.
    You got it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Helena View Post
    The government isn't interested in your safety or well-being. They are interested in passing laws and instituting regulations based on what they believe will draw in the most revenue under the GUISE of it being all for your benefit.
    Sadly that may be true. But Laws are mainly based on Public Opinion.

    Any lawmaker who opposes Public Opinion loses his/her position.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DLLS View Post
    Your positions happens to be that people are intelligent enough to make their own decisions.
    hahaha!

    No, D, that isn't what I believe. AT. ALL.

    I believe that people should be allowed to be as stupid as their stupid little hearts desire.

    The line here is where it directly and negatively affects someone else.
    Last edited by ODB; 07-09-2018 at 05:07 PM. Reason: caveat

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    Quote Originally Posted by CCitizen View Post
    Opiates and most narcotics are illegal.
    That they are.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CCitizen View Post
    I can not imagine making tobacco even more readily available.
    That shouldn't be for you to decide. The only thing government should have a role in is educating the public about the risks associated with tobacco use. Once informed, if an adult wants to smoke or chew or whatever 24 hours a day, that should be up to him and no one else.
    “Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue.” - Barry Goldwater

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    Quote Originally Posted by DLLS View Post
    So the whole mandatory seat belt thing isn't because they want to keep me alive as a person but as a taxpayer.
    The seat bell law was for the insurance companies who wanted to pay out less on claims.

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    Quote Originally Posted by barb012 View Post
    If they made it illegal, how would they explain people still getting lung cancer or other diseases associated with smoking?
    Now be real. smoker stand a 30% chance of lung cancer. I smoked for 50 years and i took my chances. I'm part of a Medicare study where I get am MRI every three months and am definitely cancer free in my lungs.Still one chance in three is risky.

    I don't care if people die from it. It's not my business.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CCitizen View Post
    Welfare and well being of all people is business of all people.
    As long as it doesn't impact others it is no one's business.
    Liberals are a clear and present danger to our nation
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    Quote Originally Posted by ODB View Post
    hahaha!

    No, D, that isn't what I believe. AT. ALL.

    I believe that people should be allowed to be as stupid as their stupid little hearts desire.
    In some cases that can be pretty freaking stupid. Believe me I know, I used to work for the Government.

    The line here is where it directly and negatively affects someone else.
    Well a smoker could get drunk and pass out with a lit cigarette in his mouth and burn down an apartment complex, an act the directly and negatively affects someone else. Perhaps a government ban on tobacco would prevent that.

    Yes, I know that is a super extreme scenario.

    Edited to include:

    The same could happen with a joint. Might need to ban wacky weed also.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DLLS View Post
    In some cases that can be pretty freaking stupid. Believe me I know, I used to work for the Government.



    Well a smoker could get drunk and pass out with a lit cigarette in his mouth and burn down an apartment complex, an act the directly and negatively affects someone else. Perhaps a government ban on tobacco would prevent that.

    Yes, I know that is a super extreme scenario.
    Apartment complexes are dangerous. Ban them.

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