tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1826828000189814347.post4457043674768000824..comments2023-09-02T12:29:45.592-04:00Comments on Had Enough Indy ?: Council Action - Last Week and ThisHad Enough Indy?http://www.blogger.com/profile/09673791504434523246noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1826828000189814347.post-90807143149978150572009-11-03T15:04:54.017-05:002009-11-03T15:04:54.017-05:00The problem is people already have a right to not ...The problem is people already have a right to not work in a smokey environment. They don't have to take the job. <br /><br />If I take a job where there is smoking, that's a choice I make. Same thing if I patronize a bar where there is smoking. I don't think anyone is fooled that being around smoking is not hazardous.Paul K. Ogdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16137003328850866711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1826828000189814347.post-87815823168383733542009-11-02T14:59:28.186-05:002009-11-02T14:59:28.186-05:00Paul, I actually thought of you as I wrote that ph...Paul, I actually thought of you as I wrote that phrase. <br /><br />I have no antipathy toward smokers or being in smoky environments. But, I do think folks have a right not to have to work 40 hours a week in said environment. That right may not be written in legal language, but, I think inherently it does exist. Just like they have the right to work in a safe environment - which is codified in rules if not laws. (Although our last place work safety ranking in the Forbes list illuminates a pro-business propensity here in Indiana.) The law says that people have a right to work in an environment free of sexual harassment - a law which has all sorts of detractors to say the least, but which I support strongly. Those laws follow an inherent right in my view.<br /><br />Its the balance that is difficult for me personally to pinpoint.Had Enough Indy?https://www.blogger.com/profile/09673791504434523246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1826828000189814347.post-57387572671700496812009-11-02T14:26:39.055-05:002009-11-02T14:26:39.055-05:00Regarding smoking, there is no "right" t...Regarding smoking, there is no "right" to work in a non-smoking workplace. Likewise, there is no right of smokers to smoke in a private business establishment nor is there any right of non-smokers to patronize those establishments free of smoke.<br /><br />This is about business owners rights and how far we should go as government in regulating how they operate their business.<br /><br />We came to a very reasonable compromise on this issue - a ban which is aimed at protecting those who can't made adult decisions - those under 18. Places that serve those under 18 have to be non-smoking. A logical compromise that still allows adults to make adult decisions. That was not good enough though.<br /><br />I hate being around smoking My father died of smoking. If a place has smoking, I simply do not go there. I don't feel though I have some sort of right to tell a private busines owner, catering to adults only, how he or she should run their business.Paul K. Ogdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16137003328850866711noreply@blogger.com