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g.,<br>
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We don't agree on a lot of things, but I have to say that I agree with
pretty much everything you said here. The Archies thing was a
misunderstanding and the proprietors shouldn't be raked over the coals
for it. I don't smoke, and prefer smoke-free restraunts and bars, but
I don't think I have the right to force anybody to agree to that. I
hate group-think, and look to eradicate it where I can. <br>
<br>
However, I don't understand the reference to the Massachusetts DMV.
What am I missing?<br>
<br>
Paul<br>
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g. crabtree wrote:
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2">Either become a warm,
kind, caring, evolved passenger on spaceship Moscow, sensitive to the
health and emotional welfare of your fellow travelers or we'll destroy
your reputation, confiscate your ability to feed your family and
drive your unfeeling ass out of town.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Why do certain, contestably well
intentioned, people feel the need to band together to bend others to
their will?</font> <font face="Arial" size="2">When the disabled
fellow and his person felt that they weren't being made as welcome as
they would have liked at one restaurant they opted to go to another.
Good call! Why not have left it at that? Why the overwhelming need to
be vindictive, organize a mob to punish the first establishments owner,
force them, by God, to come around to their way of thinking, even
though the disruption was almost certainly the result of a
misunderstanding or a momentary lapse on the part of Mr. Johnson and/or
the caregiver/aid/friend/whatever?</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">To a lesser extent, the same applies
to Bucer's. They have a smoking room. You may not like it but you are
not required to frequent the establishment. Choose one of the many
other businesses that are more to your liking and leave Bucer's to
cater to the clientele that appreciates the increasingly rare
opportunity to enjoy a smoke with like minded patrons. Attempting to
pass legislation to force a private property owner to comply with your
desires under penalty of loss of livelihood is meddling in another's
bailiwick writ large. Lets face it, the likelihood that Mr. Rigby or
Mr. Carscallen are feeling seriously neglected or that their wellbeing
is negatively impacted by not being able to down yet another high
priced cup of joe is doubtful. Drink in Pullman if it's more to your
liking, don't deprive others into having no place to gather, all to
satisfy your personal whim.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Since when does the majority get
to dictate their way of thinking on all others, in all matters? Is
George Orwell and Aldous Huxley no longer read as part of a "public
education?" I guess the idea that someone might want to go their own
way has become unfathomable and group think the order of the day.
Liberal Moscow is turning into the Massachusetts DMV.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">g</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">----- Original Message ----- </font>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">From: "Dan Carscallen" <</font><a
href="mailto:areaman@moscow.com"><font face="Arial" size="2">areaman@moscow.com</font></a><font
face="Arial" size="2">></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">To: <</font><a
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"><font face="Arial" size="2">vision2020@moscow.com</font></a><font
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 6:14
AM</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Subject: Re: [Vision2020] An article
from IdahoStatesman.com</font></div>
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<font face="Arial" size="2">> Tim posts a link to an article and
says:<br>
> "Great job Idaho Legislature. Now if Moscow could only get Bucer's<br>
> Coffee House to follow the rules, the world would be a better
place."<br>
> <br>
> Not sure what anything going on in Bucer's has to do with bowling
alleys<br>
> and smoking . . .<br>
> <br>
> BUT, I'm all for adopting the whole "no smoking" deal like
Washington.<br>
> Having a beer in a Pullman pub is a much more pleasant experience.<br>
> <br>
> DC<br>
> <br>
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