The smoking ban in restaurants, etc, has now gone into effect in DC and I for one am happy (read "overjoyed") about it. How nice not to have to ask for the non-smoking area. How nice not to be seated in the non-smoking section and still have smoke wafting over.
I take the stance that your rights stop at the end of your nose, ie, before they affect others. Some folks still don't get that. They fight for the privilege (yes - not "right") to poison your air as well as theirs. Or you (as the non-smoker) can just find another place to go.
Nice. This attitude includes, unfortunately, some right-leaning bloggers. A few years ago, I stopped reading a certain blog because of the belligerent attitude of the author regarding his "right" to smoke wherever. Smoking is an unsupportable habit - there's nothing positive about it - a fact about which I'll be writing in upcoming posts. And shame on those of you (including a right-leaning female blogger) who have kids and think it's fine - apparently - to smoke around them.
Well, WaPo has an article regarding the ban and includes snippets about "rebel" smokers, bravely smoking their last in DC establishments on December 31st. Grow up folks. Better yet, quit. Why not start the year doing something smart?
Now, if only we could get Arlington to follow suit on this ban...you know, the county that is going "green"?
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