Subject: Re: [LPNY DISCUSS] Re: Petition Against The Smoking Ban--clarification Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 20:19:16 -0400 To: From: Bob Armstrong On Mon, 04 Aug 2003 16:07:02 -0400, Jacob Rieper wrote: >=A0You don't seem to realize the battle is over and you got your= asses >=A0kicked. That could be said about the totality of Libertarian efforts . >=A0The handwriting was on the wall over this smoking thing for >=A0*years* as it was tested in several counties and nobody cared= enough to do >=A0anything about it then. Can't argue with that . Testifying at City Hall last December= 13 , it was clear that if 200 or 300 people had lined up to testify against= the ban , it would have been killed . Takes a lot to wake people up . Look at the original prohibition= . On Mon, 4 Aug 2003 17:19:05 -0400, Travis Pahl wrote: >=A0>=A0At the same time, it's not like there were any >=A0>=A0visable nonsmoking bars before the ban. > >=A0There was not many non smoking bars because the demand was not= there. They may not have been that visible , but I understand that in= fact about a quarter of the 40000 liquor licenses in the city were= to non-smoking places . And , of course EVERY place had a no smoking section . -- =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 Liberty : http://cosy.com/Liberty.htm =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A02003/08/04 8:05:58 PM