KS> on Mar 15 05 17:44, BOB KLAHN wrote to KAY SHAPERO:

 BK>>  Before non-smoking areas were required by law I did not know of
 BK>>  one single restaurant I could go to and be sure to avoid
 BK>>  smokers.

 KS> I used to take my lunch break late to have a fighting
 KS> chance of being able to taste my lunch.  Because a thing
 KS> ought to be covered by common courtesy doesn't mean it will
 KS> be.  But even so, it's amazing how much legislation you
 KS> have to indulge in to mimic the results of people being
 KS> polite enough not to fumigate each other.

 If it wasn't for that general principle, we would have little
 need for law at all.

 KS> Frequently when we DO use law to cover what you'd think
 KS> people would have been polite enough to realize already we
 KS> fall headlong into the law of unintended consequences.  All
 KS> too often, "not where inappropriate" turns into "not at
 KS> all".

 Over the years it works itseld out.

BOB KLAHN bob.klahn{at}sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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