NYT article

[Stalebread]

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"It was a sort of “Candid Camera” experiment, inspired by the suggestion of city officials that Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s proposal to ban smoking at city parks, beaches and outdoor plazas would be enforced not just by the police and parks agents, but by ordinary citizens asking other citizens to do their civic duty to just stop smoking."

[MrGlass]

That is ridiculous.

If things keep up like this, pretty soon they're going to be trying to regulate what I eat for lunch.

[CigarZen]

That is ridiculous.

If things keep up like this, pretty soon they're going to be trying to regulate what I eat for lunch.

Excuse me, is that your second drink ... don't you think you should stop?

A: No, it's my 5th -- and leave me alone!

Geez; thanks simply nuts.

What's next? Excuse me Sir, that steak is a bit on the fatty side.

[laficion]

Lets push this just an inch further.

Excuse me Sir, It seems that you've past the age of 70, So don't you think you should leave us

now instead of imposing yourself on society ?

Well thank you sir, that is a good question, I shall give it a thought at home while I'm smoking

my cigar and drinking my wine. Again, Excuse me for this inconvenience

[n2advnture]

Just like guns kill people, spoons make people fat. Where does the infringing of personal rights stop?

[anacostiakat]

Lets push this just an inch further.

Excuse me Sir, It seems that you've past the age of 70, So don't you think you should leave us

now instead of imposing yourself on society ?

Well thank you sir, that is a good question, I shall give it a thought at home while I'm smoking

my cigar and drinking my wine. Again, Excuse me for this incontinence

Fixed!

[coneatty]

As a newbie, allow me to post the following quote:

"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their consciences." -- C.S. Lewis

[Ellery]

I was just reading the Daily News, and it said something about Bloomberg is going to try to stop smoking in pubilic places/parks/beaches. Only thing would be left are the sidewalks...

[bassman]

Osama will love that. The cops will be too busy writing smoking tickets to keep their eye on potential terrorists.

If I can't smoke a cigar in Central Park, I won't go to NYC. At least you can still smoke in Parque Central.

[PigFish]

That is ridiculous.

If things keep up like this, pretty soon they're going to be trying to regulate what I eat for lunch.

Transfats to table salt... already in the works mate. Every liberal law looks good to someone, yet damages everyone! It started with fireworks and seatbelts, now every polly has got a cause. -Piggy