Unable to get their agenda pushed through the legislature (who finally got something right in this state), the anti-smoking lobby has decided to take a shot at the trusty ol’ Washington State Initiative process. <\/p>\n
I am a non-smoker, and I pretty much detest the smell. However, I do not agree with the idea of banning smoking from all indoor public places. There are plenty of smoke-free venues available today, and I can choose to go to them if I want that environment. And I strongly believe we should allow the same choice to smokers. I have never been forced, save when I was little and forced by my parents, to eat in a smoky resturant, or attend a smoky event. Why do we need to legislate to take away choice when we already have the choices we want to make? Why can’t we allow that same choice to others, even if they choose differently than us?<\/p>\n
Given my track-record at what I want<\/a> versus what I get<\/a>, this one seems destined to pass. Why is it that people find it so neccesary to take away other people’s liberty? Be it thourgh despotism, republicanism, or the tyranny of the majority as in this case, it seems that people just won’t live and let live.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Unable to get their agenda pushed through the legislature (who finally got something right in this state), the anti-smoking lobby has decided to take a shot at the trusty ol’ Washington State Initiative process. I am a non-smoker, and I pretty much detest the smell. However, I do not agree with the idea of banning […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[7],"class_list":["post-259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-everything","tag-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcanius.silverfir.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcanius.silverfir.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcanius.silverfir.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcanius.silverfir.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcanius.silverfir.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arcanius.silverfir.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcanius.silverfir.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcanius.silverfir.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcanius.silverfir.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}