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Originally Posted by Pineedles
I can top that, dog poop in the sand. That's really gross. Or what's also really gross is middle age overweight men in speedos. Ugh, gross to the max, ban speedos on men over 50 or who have a body fat ratio of over 28%. Also, let's ban food on the beach area, I can't stand seeing those horrid big mac boxes.
Folks, there are already littering laws. Enforce the laws that are on the books. For those who sit there and cheer for the banning of smoking, someday it will be your speedo covered butt clutching your big mac that the cops will be dragging off the beach.  |
While speedos may be unsightly to look at, you can turn away and ignore them.
The problem with smoking, is that if you're in the area of a smoker you cannot escape the nasty smell of the second-hand smoke.
I'm all for peoples personal liberties and freedoms. However, I don't like when YOUR bad habits and health risks encroach on my personal space. If smoking somehow didn't go beyond the space of the smoker, I wouldn't care. Being downwind of someone with a chain-smoking habit is disgusting at best.
The smoking bans are not the same thing as banning things that can be *reasonably* ignored (sights and sounds). Loud anything (boats, cycles, cars, music, etc.) is rightly regulated with db level laws (although not always enforced). Smells that you could reasonably attribute as being universal (ie:BBQ grill smells, moderate cologne, etc.) is not something that needs public regulation. Smells that are hazardous in any form SHOULD be regulated in public areas, and cigarette smoking falls into this category.