Sunday, July 8, 2007

The new smoking in public rules. If you smoke, you hate it and feel picked on AGAIN. If you don't smoke, odds are, you love it and feel that finally you don't have to smoke second hand anymore. Personal freedom vs corporate freedom. What seems to always be at the forefront of our minds in North America is the concept of choice. The rule that governs us here seems to be "do whatever you want, believe whatever you want as long as it doesn't interfere with another person's ability to do the same." For example, people should have the freedom to choose to smoke - regardless the consequences - because what they do is their business. But since their smoking in public areas takes away my choice for clean air, you shouldn't be able to do it. As a society and culture, we've stopped asking if there is a right thing to do. It's personal choice at all cost. Where has the concept of TRUTH gone in our society?

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