Austro-Libertarian Natural Order Philosophy From Indyeah

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Thursday, October 2, 2008

If I Were A Lawyer...

Let us assume that I am the owner of a bar. I have a sign outside saying “Rights of admission reserved.” After the pmk-ramadoss ban on smoking, I alter this sign to read as follows:

“Rights of admission reserved. Non-smokers are not welcome here.”

All my staff are smokers. They do not have a “right to a smoke-free workplace” because I do not have an “obligation” to provide it to them.

How can our The State interfere?

Note that, for smokers, a cigarette is a must with alcohol. As Luis Bunuel recorded in his memoirs (and he lived till 83!) “if alcohol is queen, then tobacco is her consort.” Read my old post on Bunuel here.

There is a medical reason for this: When you drink, alcohol enters your bloodstream and thus the nicotine level goes down. To keep it up, a smoker must smoke. It is a form of torture to deny a smoker a cigarette while he is enjoying a drink.

I am rather disappointed that, apart from the Mint editorial cited in yesterday’s post, our Reichwing press has passively succumbed to ramadoss’ bullying. This has encouraged the bully. He is now talking of banning all tobacco products!

They say “eternal vigilance is the price of Liberty.” But the press is almost entirely Reichwing. They have not been vigilant. They have not risen to the defence of the rights of the people. As for our lawyers and judges (and only lawyers become judges) the less said the better. Thanks to 61 years of socialism they have lost all knowledge of Liberty.

3 comments:

  1. Great post. And yeah yeah, I am doing with abandon what Seth Godin writes here: http://www.sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2008/08/ads-are-the-new.html

    And yeah, we are starving for great content.

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  2. Is it justified for authorities to issue an administrative order prohibiting smoking in public sites as they do in China?

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  3. Yes, Dean, it is OK for those who own "public property" (the authorities in china) to issue administrative orders in this regard

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