Man fined $305 for smoking in workplace - his truck

[rborrell]

Originally Posted by Stinkdyr

Well past time for a Tea Party. Poor canucks just don't realize it, maybe cuz they never did it the first time as they should have.

WTF does that mean?????

[Stinkdyr]

Originally Posted by rborrell

WTF does that mean?????

It means I am stunned that our poor Canadian cousins continue to just roll over and let their gubment trample on their freedoms.
I guess Patrick Henry would have been booed off stage up there.
Hell, he barely has any traction down here anymore.
America is lost.

[rborrell]

Originally Posted by Stinkdyr

It means I am stunned that our poor Canadian cousins continue to just roll over and let their gubment trample on their freedoms.
I guess Patrick Henry would have been booed off stage up there.
Hell, he barely has any traction down here anymore.
America is lost.

I guess you're right. What we need to do is gather all of the smoking truck drivers together and arm them with assault rifles so that they can shoot the police as they write up the ticket. All under the guise of protecting their freedom?

I guess by "doing it right the first time" you mean we should have revolted against the British tyrants for our independance rather than getting the British government to actually enact legislation to grant freedom?

Fear not, we are not your "poor cousins" just rolling over up here. Smoking in the workplace is an issue that has been going around and around for 20 years. In this particular incident, the truck is a company vehcile - not a private one. You can still smoke in your personal vehicle.

I guess there is only one "right" way to deal with this and you hit the nail on the head. Let's you and I both go to a local B&M and buy a Cuban cigar and celebrate our freedoms.

[Stinkdyr]

re: go to a local BM and buy a Cuban to smoke

Ahhhhhhhhh....if only we could down here.
Unfortunately, our socialist gubment doesn't believe in freedom, so we can't!
But hey, our current DC dolt just won a Nobel Prize for all of his accomplishments,
so it is all good.

Freedom......whatta dangerous, radical concept.

[Cancerman]

HOLY COW! That's insane! When I read that post I fell out of my chair and hit my head on the floor, I'm still dizzy! Now I know I did the right thing, I just stocked up on 12 pounds of pipe tobacco just in case they outlaw it, and the way things are going I'd say that will be real soon. It used to be smoking pot was bad, now they treat tobacco smokers like outlaws. WOW I think my grandpa just rolled over in his grave LOL.

[Smdmmfd]

Thats just no fair, at all no comment

[ToJo]

It makes more sense if you think about it from a nonsmoker point of view who may have to drive a truck that someone has been smoking in for 24hrs straight for years on end.
The proper way to handle it would be to tell the trucking companies that they must have some non-smoking trucks if they intend to have non smoker employees.
But then I guess they'd get into non smoker discrimination problems.

Ideally, the government would just stay out of it. (applies to most issues, really)

[Stinkdyr]

It does make all the difference to consider the fact that this is a company truck. At first I thought it was this guy's personal truck that he used for his business. The article did not make it clear...describing it as "his rig."

Leave it to the Press to leave out the essential facts.

[Stinkdyr]

Originally Posted by Theophilus

Vote libertarian!

I do, I do. As a matter of fact, I have a perfect record of NEVER having voted for either a Democan or a Republicrat for president.

We need Term Limits for all politicians. It works quite well for the president, right? So let's do it for all the rest of the hacks!

[contract]

If the man is smoking in a company truck that prohibits smoking, he should be terminated by that company. I do not see how the government should be involved in company policy.

As far as convincing the English to legislate our independence, your stereotypical American does not like to put his fate in the hands of others. Count me among them.

[Stinkdyr]

Originally Posted by contract

If the man is smoking in a company truck that prohibits smoking, he should be terminated by that company. I do not see how the government should be involved in company policy.

But then, uh, how is the gubment 'sposed to make any $$ out of that arrangement?

[PerpetualNoob]

I just wrote a long post and then deleted it, because I'm almost positive it would have been deemed "too political", even though this is a discussion of tobacco legislation, which is 95% political hogwash anyway.

[contract]

Originally Posted by PerpetualNoob

I just wrote a long post and then deleted it, because I'm almost positive it would have been deemed "too political", even though this is a discussion of tobacco legislation, which is 95% political hogwash anyway.

In the spirit of the last few weeks, I think we should award you a Nobel for the amazing post you would have written.

[PerpetualNoob]

Originally Posted by contract

In the spirit of the last few weeks, I think we should award you a Nobel for the amazing post you would have written.

Yes, I'm a uniter.

[Stinkdyr]

Originally Posted by PerpetualNoob

Yes, I'm a uniter.

You obviously have vast potential to be a peaceful community organizer.....therefore you deserve a Nobel Prize!

Congrats!!