When "the paycock" of "Juno and the Paycock" famously stated that: "The whole world's in a terrible state of chassis", little did he realize that worse things were yet to come.
(For a look at the chassis encountered by a Dublin family after Easter Week, 1916, read my forum post.
(Or the last act in full. "Captain" Boyle's summation is at the end, but do not miss Mrs. Boyle's prayer.
(Interestingly the chassis of that Easter Week was not overly troublesome to Miss Lilly Stokes.
(Easter Rising: history, Proclamation of the Irish Republic (Read on the steps of the General Post Office, Dublin, on Easter Monday, April 24th, 1916, at 12:04 P.M by Patrick Pearse), their Flag (page down to the green flag and note the tribute of one who died for that flag))
But today new troubles have arisen: the anti-nicotine fascists are moving big time against the rights of persons.
Why cannot these poor victims of addiction lower their life expectancy if that is their desire?
Who wants to contribute to the additional years of government support that they would otherwise have?
Modern filter systems can chew up second hand smoke indoors.
And if we have separate beaches for nudists, why not smokers? (If they are judged objectionable.)
Smoke-free zones extend outdoors - Yahoo! News:
By Dennis Cauchon, USA TODAY [/] Wed Nov 2, 6:45 AM ETSmoking bans are moving outdoors, challenging the rights of smokers who puff outside buildings and on sidewalks. [/] [...] The effort follows widespread success of indoor smoking bans by more than 2,000 cities and towns. The Chicago City Council is considering banning indoor smoking in all public places. New York City, Austin and Columbus, Ohio, already have.
Limits on smoking outdoors have taken off in the past two years, says Maggie Hopkins of the American Non-smokers' Rights Foundation. She says restrictions are in effect in 361 communities. The laws threaten to make it even harder to smoke during the workday or a night on the town. Among developments:
• California now bans smoking on many beaches. In September, Orange County became the nation's first county to ban smoking along its entire coast. San Francisco banned smoking in parks July 1.
[Parks? Beaches? Entire coast??? - Chassis upon chassis!!!]
• Local governments in Alabama, Ohio and Indiana are expected to vote this month on outdoor smoking rules that would push smokers 10 to 25 feet away from buildings. A proposal in West Lafayette, Ind., is typical: It would ban smoking within 15 feet of entrances and at ATMs and bus stops.
• Iowa hospitals are banning smoking anywhere on their grounds, a move supported by the Iowa Hospital Association. Even smoking inside a car in a parking lot will be prohibited at many hospitals.
[...] Smokers' rights advocates say outdoor bans go too far. "People should have a choice whether they want to engage in risky activities," says pipe smoker Jacob Sullum, author of For Your Own Good: The Anti-Smoking Crusade and the Tyranny of Public Health.
"If you ban smoking outside near a door or window, essentially you have no place to smoke except your own home - and maybe not even there," Sullum says. "What's next? Smoking in a house with children will be considered child abuse. Smoking around pets will be cruel to animals." [My ellipses and emphasis]
