In article , Pockets says...

On 23 Jun 2003 08:49:31 -0700, Banty wrote:

Come back with another "Aint it Awful" about something else "for the
chiiiillldren" - the OP really blew it and picked the wrong subject for this
one!

No, I didn't.

The law was specifically passed to keep the very *sight* of people
smoking away from The Children. It explains why smoking is allowed in
parts of the park where The Children are not encouraged to congregate.


I guess today's parents are so gutless and uninfluential in their
children's lives that such protection is needed.

In general, I would agree with you, that a lot of social-legislation crap like
certain anti-porn and certain government subsidies of questionable wisdom jammed
into legislatures using the emotional strings of "for the children" (I hate
guilting in general, anyway), and some Dumb Stuff has been proposed this way.
And that parents can darn well raise their kids so that they can deal with the
world.

If this were an anti-cursing law, I'd be with you. But my understanding is that
this was how folks could get the non-smoking area extended. (Kinda like getting
Al Capone on tax evasion.) I only wish other consdierations would have been
considered suficient. Like my adult eyes and lungs.

So - how can I get a playground put in the parts where "children are not
encouraged to congregate", because I don't want to "see" the smoking too! ;-)

Cheers,
Banty