But, yes, the double standard lives. It will be interesting if nicotine craving non-Muslims pop in for a toke.

Anyhow, I see Robert has pissed off back to the anti-semitic hole he came from. He literally handed his arse to you on a platter.

Oh, you mean like Income Tax?

As noted, cigar rooms are exempted. Funny how all the “aliens have landed” folks keep ignoring that point—as well as the fact that the two exemptions are temporary.

Oh well.

Dawg guy, why don’t you get you head out your ass for a moment…

if you did, you’d find that the law applies even to private clubs EXCEPT for the clubs that might be frequented by Muslims (just coincidentally, of course).

you can get back to admiring your framed picture of Ernst Rohm now, you along with the Robert McClellan thing

But bar owners who had built sequestered smoking areas upon reliance that such an exemption would allow them to offer smoking and non-smoking areas have since been told that the entire establishment must be non-smoking. As noted above, this includes the patio, which until now had been the last refuge of smoking patrons. This ban was justified on the basis of health risks to employees. I’m all in favour of allowing smoking throughout and letting the market sort it out – but if we are going to ban it, let’s do do comprehensively and consistently.

And what is going to happen to all the pot smokers out there,??

So lefties? Where do we stop in making allowances for other cultures? Some religions allow you to have several wives (even underage!) Others find that the eating of dog or monkey meat is a delicacy. Some treat women as chattel with no rights. Some have a sabbath day on Sat or maybe Sun. The list goes on and on. Do we stop the allowances when they break our laws (like the no smoking laws?), or maybe the status quo? Or how about when the majority disagrees? Where do you draw the line?

The main complaint is that making allowances for “cultural” beliefs rarely seems to be a viable reality OUTSIDE of certain cultures.

A lot of Canadians enjoy a smoke with their coffee at Timmies ( a culture onto itself), or with a beer at their local Legion or watering hole. These are privately owned places that no one forces anyone to do business with and that do not forcefully recruit employees and make them stay on board. If a private business want to allow smoking then people have the CHOICE to go there or to work there.

That’s what I like about being right of centre. I HAVE MORE CHOICES (choice = freedom to me) Now those to the left seem to feel that the Government should have more of a say in your daily lives, like where or if I can have a smoke outside of my home. I don’t subscribe to the idea of more intervention of the Government in my daily life.

Now, if more Govt intervention is the rule of the day, then it should be applied uniformly across the board and everyone gets treated the same.

That’s a little misleading. We’re talking about cigar rooms—enclosures where people can enjoy smoking cigars. It seems that both groups celebrated success.

http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=b0682537-2505-4e6c-bef9-2390eca6152c

It seems natural that any group would advance all possible arguments to support their cause. But that shouldn’t warrant all this Angst about the enemy within.