Well, I agree with ya about the "going too far" part, Ian. But remember, THAT'S what THOSE morons[the legislators] get paid to do. And it's OUR responsiblity to keep an eye on those morons, and then "suggest" to them that "maybe" their working "overtime" and they're not gettin' paid for it!
(okay...okay...so I forgot about all the lobbyists who are payin' that "overtime" by throwin' money into their "reelection fund"...so shoot me!!!)

Well ANYWAY...sorry, but I'm not agreein' with some of the stuff you're proposing here. I think some zoning law ARE neccesary because without them development is often "willy-nilly" out there, and whenever that happens locations can and often DO turn into a dump WHERE a dump has no rhyme or reason to exist.

AND, as you may know, I AM one of those MORONS(a little self-realization there) who hasn't the stick-to-it-of-ness to QUIT this lousy habit of smoking! HOWEVER, I have NOOOOOO problem at ALL steppin' outside(and even steppin' whatever distance the local ordinances say about how far from an establishment's doorway I must stand) whenever a craving for a cancer stick comes my way, BECAUSE I feel it's WRONG to subject others, EVEN IF some of those "others" might mostly BE smokers TOO, because I know, MAYBE some of those folks who CAME to said establishment WITH those "others", may NOT particularly CARE for MY SMOKE within a CLOSED environment!!!

(but I guess I'm just one of those rare individuals out there today who still think that to be CONSIDERATE of OTHERS doesn't mean that you're any less of a "Real Man" or think that it's neccesarily taking away any of my so-called "freedoms"!!!)


Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)