KC residents - How are you voting on the smoking ban in April?

[Adept Havelock]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

God, you just don't GET IT.

If the government doesn't ban the use of foods like Transfat, when other options are available and make NO difference in the flavor, in 5 years, 10 years, 20 years - whatever - the Government and the American people will be footing the bill of the healthcare cost associated with foods like Transfat.

Is that what YOU want?

I get it. What I want is for busybodies like you and your ilk to let people decide such things for themselves.

If they don't take responsibility for the smaller decisions (like smoking and trans fats) how can we expect people to make the big life-changing decisions?

All you are doing is encouraging a nanny-state, "government should take care of me" mind-set. That's the exact opposite of what built this nation, and what we need, IMO.

Put the information out there, but let people make up their own damn minds.

What you are pushing is a hand-over of self-responsibility to the government. Self-responsibility is an absolute good, and should be encouraged. I'll never understand why that's such a tough thing for you to accept, and I'm glad of that.

Originally Posted by Chiefnj2

Where does the banning stop? Alcohol causes tons of health issues and contributes to increased medical costs. Should it be banned?

Exactly the point guys like Dane will never "get". It NEVER stops. First smoking, then trans-fats, then something else.