>>Fact : Smoking is bad for you.
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>>"Why wont these damn smokers do what's best for them?" They must be protected from themselves.
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>>Put warning labels on cigs.
>>People still smoke.
>>Demonize them.
>>People still smoke.
>>Tax them.
>>People still smoke.
>>Ban them from inside.
>>People still smoke.
>>Ban them from a 25foot building radius.
>>People still smoke.
>>Ban them from parks.
>>People still smoke.
>>Ban them from apartments.
>>People still smoke.
>>Repeat ad nauseum until we just ban cigarettes.
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>>The above model has already been followed with sugar, salt, SUVs, aresols, etc...
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>>As long as we keep allowing nannystate busybodies to tell us what's best for us they will continue to do so. If they haven't yet touched some aspect of your life, just wait.
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>>How about if they control your child's diet? Does this get anyone's dander up?
>>http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/education/ct-met-school-lunch-restrictions-041120110410,0,4567867.story
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>>"First they came..."
>
>What a load of crap.
>
>If they want to do something, hold the parents responsible if little pedro is morbidly obese (like 400 pounds) in 4th grade.

I think Pedro's dad was quoted: But parent Miguel Medina said he thinks the "no home lunch policy" is a good one. "The school food is very healthy," he said, "and when they bring the food from home, there is no control over the food."

Hey Miguel, how about YOU control your child's food you lazy, entitled, arrogant, ignorant, thumb sucking spineless example of why this country is rocketing into the ashheap of history.