Quote Originally Posted by tonkatoyman View Post
This is my last comment on this subject. In America I see a free people who have forgotten how to be free. Freedom isn't easy. It requires personal responsibility to make good choices, and to live with the consequences of those choices. It requires that we recognize the rights of others to make choices. We must also be willing to expect them to live with the choices they made. It is much easier in the short run to let the government solve all the ills of the world. Then all I have to do is live with in the rules and follow the directions. Then I have no responsibility. I see an America who is fast looking to the government to take care of us. I see an America that too quickly and easily relies on Uncle Sam to fix things because after all what can I do. That saddens me because the independent "I can do it myself" attitude is what made this country what it is today. This smoking issue is just a minuscule part of what i have just said. I hope I have given all food for thought.
Thanks for listening...
That actually makes a lot of sense. If you want no responsibility you dont want freedom, because its a lot of work just to voice your own opinion let alone fight other peoples opinions if your voting, and spreading the word.

The government taking care of you and making RULES isnt being free. But at the same time if the government doesnt make rules, everyone is free but then you have the conflicts of everyones freedoms such as the smoking one.

But I think the conflicts that could potentially harm others are worth looking at, but wearing a seat belt and a helmet doesnt have any effect on other people, those laws are ridiculous. Its like having caution this coffee is hot labels. Theyre for the people who are to dumb to know that every action has a reaction.

Do you really need someone to tell you that your coffee is hot and can burn you? Same thing for do you really need someone to say that if you dont wear a helmet you could get hurt?

What ever happened to common sense.
wake up, wake up, wake up!