Where's CAIR when they could do some good?
Hookah bars are scrambling to not be a casualty of the Ohio Dictatorship of the Proletariat's anti-smoking law. But some of their patrons deserve a little pain and suffering:
Vip Garg, an ex-cigarette smoker and a doctor at MetroHealth Medical Center, said it didn't occur to him when he voted for November's anti-smoking measure that it would cover the water pipe.
Aww, poor boy! And this is a doctor? You'd trust your body to somebody that stupid? (both to suck hookah in spite of the health risks, and to think it wasn't "smoking").
Anyway, in this wonderful multicultural country, shouldn't there be some religious or cultural exemption for Middle Easterners?
Comments
Posted by: Hookah smoker
Posted on: May 4, 2007 04:05 PM
If an establishment's main business is smoking, such as a cigar shop or a hookah shop then they should be exempt from the law. I voted for the anti-smoking law because when I go to a restaurant where food is their main business then I don't want to smell smoke around me. If a shop offers a smoking service then why should it matter if someone is smoking in there. Anyone should know that when they walk into that establishment. A bar is making money off the alcoholic drinks they sell so I shouldn't have to walk into a cloud of smoke to get a drink!
Posted by: Jeffrey Quick
Posted on: May 4, 2007 04:22 PM
So what if I call myself a hookah bar and then start serving food? How does that make me different from a restaurant that starts to feature a hookah? If you don't want to smell smoke when you go to restaurants and bars, go to non-smoking restaurants and bars. Given that you voted to abrogate the rights of property owners, I really don't want to read your puerile whining of "Why me? It's not fair!". It wasn't fair when you did it to others either.