{"id":507,"date":"2007-02-25T10:37:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-25T16:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php\/index.php\/2007\/02\/25\/strib-editorial-board-pro-death-pansies\/"},"modified":"2007-02-25T10:37:00","modified_gmt":"2007-02-25T16:37:00","slug":"strib-editorial-board-pro-death-pansies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=507","title":{"rendered":"Strib Editorial Board: Pro-Death Pansies"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Strib editorial board\u00a0 wants a statewide wmoking ban<\/a>, and doesn’t want any plebeian concerns about “people losing their livelihoods and investments”, “separation of powers”, “informed risk” or any of that palaver about “debate” getting in the way!<\/p>\n

In public health circles, hopes have been high since the November election that Minnesota might soon enact a straightforward smoking ban…Alas, its now clear that the path to success remains littered with obstacles.<\/p>\n

In the Senate, the once straightforward smoking ban was so altered this week that passing it as is would be worse than the status quo. Thats because it not only contains new provisions for smoking in establishments with ventilation systems, it preempts local entities from having stricter protections from secondhand smoke — as many do now. Passing a bill with those two provisions would force Minneapolis, St. Paul, Bloomington, Golden Valley and a number of other localities to weaken their hard-fought bans.<\/p>\n

And for what? Compromising in this way would compromise Minnesotans health. Last years U.S. surgeon generals report was unequivocal on this point: The only way to protect employees and patrons of restaurants and bars is to prohibit smoking. No other method will work.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, Strib editorial board – why not grow a pair, and “prohibit smoking?”<\/p>\n

Why are you futzing around with petty minutiae like banning smoking in bars?<\/p>\n

Ban the sale and consumption of tobacco!<\/em><\/p>\n

Since you, the Strib editorial board, are promoting yourselves as defenders of public health, and are showing your totalitarian disdain for the protestations of the plebeians, why not go all the way?\u00a0 Why not ban the leaf?<\/p>\n

Oh, wait – you (or, rather, the gutless DFL simps that you’re in bed with) can’t figure out a way to do without the tax money that smoking raises the state?<\/p>\n

SCREW IT!\u00a0 If it’s principle you want, then operate from principle!<\/p>\n

Strib Editors – if you can’t push for a complete ban on all tobacco, in the interest of the “public health” you barber so ignorantly about, then shut up.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Strib editorial board\u00a0 wants a statewide wmoking ban, and doesn’t want any plebeian concerns about “people losing their livelihoods and investments”, “separation of powers”, “informed risk” or any of that palaver about “debate” getting in the way! In public health circles, hopes have been high since the November election that Minnesota might soon enact […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-memoriam","category-minnesota-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}