Ernie
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|  Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 7:26 am Post subject: Are Bans Unconstitutional?? |  |
| Are smoking bans a violation of constitutional rights? The Declaration of Independence guarantees our pursuit of happiness...
"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
"PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS". And this Declaration of Independence is said to have been the blueprint for the U.S. constitution...
"The Founders believed the Declaration was the foundational document in our Constitutional form of government."
"PROOF of the Declaration being attached to the Constitution is found in Article VII. The Constitution attaches itself to the Declaration by dating itself as being signed in the twelfth year of the independence of the United States of America! Now that proves the founding fathers considered themselves to have been living in the USA for twelve years under the government document of the Declaration of Independence. Not only was the Constitution dated in recognition of the Declaration of Independence, also the later government acts were dated from the Independence of the United States of America."
If you enjoy smoking, then by definition, you are pursuing some form of happiness. Regardless of whether you feel it is "right" or "wrong", on an absolute basis, you are happy. A smoking ban infringes on this happiness, violating our rights.
So mickey mouse politicians in city council, in cities across America, are REWRITTING THE LAWS THAT ARE THE FOUNDATION OF THE UNITED STATES???
Anti-smokers will say "their 'rights' are being infringed on, due to: 1. Second hand smoke. There is an abundance of reports that prove there is no correlation. And antiis can not produce true science to support this claim. 2. "The increased cost in healthcare caused by smokers". It is reported that health costs related to alchohol are almost twice that of tobacco and the health costs of obesity are 4-5 times that of tobacco.
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Ernie
"There is nothing like tobacco; it is the passion of all decent people; someone who lives without tobacco does not deserve to live." - Moliere, Don Juan | |
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