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November 30, 2006
No smoking in Colorado
The smoking Nazi’s continue their march across America.
A Colorado judge has banned Colleen and Rodger Sauve from smoking in their own condo because it bothers the neighbors. They have been ordered outside to smoke, an option that is not always comfortable with the severity of Colorado winters.
Apparently when liberals say that what they do in their privacy of their bedrooms is no ones business, they don’t include smoking on that list.
Maybe the Sauve’s should consider moving to Calabasas, California where the smoking Nazi’s have outlawed smoking outside, in public places, in an effort to force smoking inside.
Again, I do not smoke cigarettes, but I think this is getting a bit out of hand.
Comments
When what I do in the privacy of my own bedroom seeps through a shared wall and disturbs my neighbor's health or comfort, I would do well to move to a single-family dwelling, or change my bedroom habits.
Just as I would prefer my neighbor not use his rooftop as a helipad, I would hate to have to move out of an apartment because my neighbor's smoking was giving me asthma.
BTW, Since Colorado is a "red" state, what makes you call this a "liberal" effort?
Posted by: Upstart at December 3, 2006 10:04 AMBecause no conservative would support a law like this. Support the law or not, beleive it's smart or dumb, it certainly clarifies one of the differences between conservative and liberal thinking.
Posted by: Scott Harris at December 3, 2006 01:05 PM
Amendment IV
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Seems as though this is an invasion of the 4th amendment allowing people to be secure in their effects and houses (by stoping people from participating in a legal activity in their own home) and if I were them and there were banned from smoking cigarattes inside I would respond by smoking cigars and pipes inside.
Posted by: at December 1, 2006 09:15 AM