From: jclarke.usenet@cox.net   
      
   David Friedman wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   >  "J. Clarke"  wrote:   
   >   
   >> The bottom line on this is that you admit that the real reason for   
   >> US   
   >> smoking laws is that some squeaky wheels find smoking offensive.   
   >> In   
   >> other words you support it because you're a Puritanical asshole.   
   >   
   > I don't think that's fair. A Puritan would object to smoking because   
   > he objects to what you are doing to yourself. But lots of   
   > non-smokers   
   > object because they find the effect of what you are doing on them   
   > unpleasant.   
   >   
   > Consider the case of a non-smoker who doesn't allow guests to smoke   
   > in   
   > his house. No puritanism is involved--he may be perfectly happy to   
   > let   
   > them smoke on the porch. Their smoking in his house will make it a   
   > less pleasant environment for him and his family for a day or more   
   > thereafter.   
      
   OK, would you go with it if I struck the "Puritanical"?   
      
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