Ok Rander, I accept that your not looney and you just wanted a debate. Why say something as outlandish as you did? I used to joke with my smoking friends that soon they'll be able to shoot us on site but gov't is on its way to making alot more than smoking illegal. How about our own state legislators bringing up a bill to ban trans fat? It starts with something that supposedly is bad for you and gov't gets on board and bans it. As for smoking, the gov't in certain states have made it illegal to smoke in your car when children are present. Granted it is a confined area and children need to be protected from abusive adults/parents, but where does it go from there? Will gov't be allowed into private homes of smokers who have children and make arrests? It won't stop at smokers though, they'll be coming into your home to make sure you don't put too much sugar in your coffee, or will tell you your hamburger is to rare.
Too many people want the gov't to protect them in lieu of them exercizing common sense and common courtesy. I don't have a lot of hope for this country if we are turned into a nation of sniveling cowards who run to mommy or the obscure law to protect them.
How's that for a start to the debate?
