on Feb 17 05 17:41, Marius Bendiksen wrote to Bob Lawrence:

 MB> A better counterexample would be body odor. If one person is not 
 MB> allowed to impose the discomfort of passive smoking on another, it 
 MB> stands to reason that BO would be treated the same. Potential health 
 MB> risk aside.

Having once been in a choir where I had to sit next to someone who appeared
to make a habit of bathing in strong scent, a case could well be made for
this...

 MB> Either way, I'm more opposed to using law as a means of "social 
 MB> harmonization" then I am opposed to smoking. In a democracy, however, 
 MB> social harmonization is one of the primary uses of the law, 
 MB> especially in socialist countries (e.g. USA).

And unfortunately, I've yet to see an attempt to substitute law for what
ought to be covered by common courtesy that worked worth a dang.  

Bye!

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