Comments on: Maybe I just need to buy my own hookah… http://noisyastronomer.com/2009/02/26/maybe-i-just-need-to-buy-my-own-hookah/ Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:33:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michael Caton http://noisyastronomer.com/2009/02/26/maybe-i-just-need-to-buy-my-own-hookah/#comment-233 Michael Caton Sat, 28 Feb 2009 02:14:00 +0000 http://astronoise.wordpress.com/2009/02/26/maybe-i-just-need-to-buy-my-own-hookah/#comment-233 Smoking ban went into effect in Cali in 98. No mass extinction of restaurants and bars. One of the best arguments is protection of workers, because now people don't have to work in smoke-filled rooms. Smoking ban went into effect in Cali in 98. No mass extinction of restaurants and bars. One of the best arguments is protection of workers, because now people don’t have to work in smoke-filled rooms.

]]> By: Kimbo http://noisyastronomer.com/2009/02/26/maybe-i-just-need-to-buy-my-own-hookah/#comment-232 Kimbo Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:30:00 +0000 http://astronoise.wordpress.com/2009/02/26/maybe-i-just-need-to-buy-my-own-hookah/#comment-232 Although I support smoking bars and the like, I do not support smoking just anywhere. Just as there should be havens for people to smoke, there should be havens that are smoke-free for people who are sensitive to it or make a conscious effort not to be around it. As it was, there was smoking everywhere. That was hardly a fair situation either. There needs to be a middle ground. Although I support smoking bars and the like, I do not support smoking just anywhere. Just as there should be havens for people to smoke, there should be havens that are smoke-free for people who are sensitive to it or make a conscious effort not to be around it. As it was, there was smoking everywhere. That was hardly a fair situation either. There needs to be a middle ground.

]]> By: invaderxan http://noisyastronomer.com/2009/02/26/maybe-i-just-need-to-buy-my-own-hookah/#comment-231 invaderxan Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:12:00 +0000 http://astronoise.wordpress.com/2009/02/26/maybe-i-just-need-to-buy-my-own-hookah/#comment-231 Yeah, it was a similar situation here in the UK a couple of years back. I'm sure several Hookah bars have closed down by now, and I know one lebanese restaurant which just won't be the same...<br/><br/>There is one place I know which now serves hookahs at an outdoor table. Somehow that doesn't quite seem the same, either -- British weather is... non-ideal. Yeah, it was a similar situation here in the UK a couple of years back. I’m sure several Hookah bars have closed down by now, and I know one lebanese restaurant which just won’t be the same…

There is one place I know which now serves hookahs at an outdoor table. Somehow that doesn’t quite seem the same, either — British weather is… non-ideal.

]]> By: Caravan Trading Group http://noisyastronomer.com/2009/02/26/maybe-i-just-need-to-buy-my-own-hookah/#comment-230 Caravan Trading Group Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:50:00 +0000 http://astronoise.wordpress.com/2009/02/26/maybe-i-just-need-to-buy-my-own-hookah/#comment-230 The problem with smoking bans like these is that they seek to "protect" a perceived right of some at the expense of a true right of others. Just as anyone who doesn't want to hear racy music, watch sex scenes in film, or listen to graphic language on television can exercise their right to turn off the box or change the channel, people who don't want to be around smoke can exercise their right to stay away from places where it takes place. Employees of establishments where smoking devices are part of the business know about, and by default agreed to, what they will experience at work.<br/><br/>People who want to institute smoking bans really need to re-read John Stuart Mill's essay <i>On Liberty</i>! The problem with smoking bans like these is that they seek to “protect” a perceived right of some at the expense of a true right of others. Just as anyone who doesn’t want to hear racy music, watch sex scenes in film, or listen to graphic language on television can exercise their right to turn off the box or change the channel, people who don’t want to be around smoke can exercise their right to stay away from places where it takes place. Employees of establishments where smoking devices are part of the business know about, and by default agreed to, what they will experience at work.

People who want to institute smoking bans really need to re-read John Stuart Mill’s essay On Liberty!

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