# Smoking Ban **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [July 6, 2006, 12:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smoking-ban/183365 "2006-07-06T12:18:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 238
**Author:** ![whitey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/whitey/32/5911_2.png) [@whitey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/whitey)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2006, 11:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smoking-ban/183365/238 "2006-09-28T11:06:09Z")
> [@NYSPEED UPGRADE COMMENTS, PROBLEMS AND SUGGESTIONS POST HERE ONLY!!!!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nyspeed-upgrade-comments-problems-and-suggestions-post-here-only/24454/130): > > I don’t bitch about my parents rules because I understood that they were helping me even if it wasn’t as much fun as living with no rules. > > Now to counter your retarded example… > > The government is not my parent, however I do willingly submit to rules and laws that prevent me from strangling people I disagree with (whitey) or prevent me from driving drunk, dumping toxic waste down the drain, etc, but I don’t agree with every law. How many people on this forum would like to have their car undergo a true DOT inspection? Do you understand my point? > > Just because some crook passes a law, doesn’t mean it’s right. Retarded example? The rules you just stated were put in place to protect the people of the United States!!! Your parents made rules to protect you! I am not saying I never broke the rules, or that I complete agree that a government should try to have a hand in everything. But sometimes it makes sense. The government thinks they are protecting the public by banning smoking. Since second hand smoke has been related to various diseases, they are protecting the general public. like i said, leave if you d --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smoking-ban/183365)._