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Originally Posted by Traveler
I heard Alioto talking about it when she talked about impeaching Bush.
She said that San Fran came up with the idea first on it and the country would follow the same way that they were the first that banned public smoking; the commentator (i'm sure you can guess who  ) corrected her on itand explained it started in Ireland.
The U.K. has now followed suit btw.
Out of interest who was mayor of NYC when they tried the bank first, Koch?
When it comes to domestic policy i think the way it works is our politicians look at other countries and see how they justify the laws in their own countries and they basically think of like for like ways to do the same.
Having said that when they try and influence our policy as far as international law goes they never get anywhere; however hard they try we'll never sign on board with Kyoto or the International Court system...must infuriate them. (I hope). |
She is correct that San Francisco started with a smoking ban which in turn inspired the state itself to adopt it, becoming the first state to do so. It spread from there. I disagree with her premise that the smoking ban example will also pave the way to impeach Bush in his remaining last year. Much as one may dislike him, that's smoking something else.
(I don't even think a full ban that includes vice trades like bars and casinos are necessarily wise for health reasons, putting aside economic and civil libertarian concerns, but that's another debate for another thread).
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