re: I’m about tired of the smoking bans in bars

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But you're advocating for giving businesses the right to run the way they want with no govt intrusion. So your answer should have been unequivocally yes, if you truly believe in the rights of the business.

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Typical Democrat thinking. I can be ok with a business allowing smoking while also being against a company sending someone up in a bucket truck with a rusted out boom in 40 mph winds

Everything isn’t black and white

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Not comparable. The government owns the airspace so they have a responsibility insure planes don’t fall out of it onto people below.

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But then shouldn't your position be, don't live where planes may fall on your house?

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The only logical conclusion to your argument is that government can never overreach because it knows what’s best for everyone and has a responsibility to protect everyone from everything it seems dangerous even if it costs people their livelihoods.

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I disagree with that conclusion simply because we the people tell the govt when they're overreaching by how we vote. People saw what the trend line looked like with fricking Hillary and elected trump.

And I would argue much of the smoking ban stuff is simply a reflection of the opinion of society changing.

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Yes, and before you answer, think about the divers in the offshore industry who are almost guaranteed to do long term damage to their health due to their jobs

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And that is regulated and classified.

Replace smoking with asbestos and see if everyone is still for business rights

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Replace smoking with asbestos and see if everyone is still for business rights

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:raises hand:

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And that is regulated

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Not very well. Why do so many have short careers, early onset of several lifelong illnesses, and premature deaths?

Trashy

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:raises hand:

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So you are ok with companies being able to secretively use carcinogens?

Your belief being that free market will work it out.

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Why do so many have short careers, early onset of several lifelong illnesses, and premature deaths?

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I'm guessing as they learn ways to make it safer new regulations will be enforced.

That job sounds insane btw.

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So you are ok with companies being able to secretively use carcinogens?

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I mean I’m personally not okay with it. There’s a reason we have tort laws. If I company knowingly puts people at risk without alerting the people first then they can be liable for medical bills or whatever. There shouldn’t need to be a law outlawing something for that to happen.

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Your belief being that free market will work it out.

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I think it would. But whether or not it does entirely irrelevant to me.