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January 28, 2008, 6:50 am PST
 Quote From: ronisue65 I am so sick of the government trying to controll our lives. Let the young generation wear their baggy pants. I do find them to revealing but like someone else said there are women who wear to revealing clothes as well. Some who have no business wearing them. Not all kids who wear baggy pants are involved in gangs. Is the government going to stop me from wearing my baggy flannel pants when I go out to the store. Yes I like to wear my flannels out in public especially when I am not feeling so well. I know I will probably get some feed back on this. The government has just banned smoking in all public places here in Illinois. I don't think banning smoking in bars is right and I don't even go to bars. I do smoke. When people go out drinking smoking and drinking go hand in hand. The majority of people who go to the bars are smokers. I use to go to the bars back when I did drink. That is one business that shouldn't have been included in the smoking ban. If you don't smoke then don't go to the bars especially when you know the majority of the customers that go to the bars do smoke. This is just the government trying to controll what we as Americans can and can't do with our own lives. We are becoming like other countries. I was told that the government has been trying and has succeeded in banning smoking in people's own homes in some states. Well I guess I will be going to jail alot because this is my home and I will do what I want in my own home. This country is falling a part. The government say that these kids could hide weapons in their pants well how many people have killed in public places who didn't wear baggy pants? Quite a few. Ther are more important things to worry about in this country then what people are wearing. Like healthcare. Quit sending all our damn money over seas and start by helping familes get healthcar for their children and taking care of the homeless and the veterans who have become homeless. Worry about our own country for a chnage. You say that smoking in bars should not have been banned....well, should non-smokers not enjoy the pleasure of drinking and socializing as well? While I am glad they banned smoking in public places, I do understand your dilemma. Maybe if bars were properly divided into smoking and non-smoking areas, there would be no objections. My problem with smokers is that most have no respect for those of us who do not smoke. You may have the right to smoke but I have the right not to. And second hand smoke forces me to "smoke" with you. The casino near my home had the right idea. Most areas tried the "no-smoking" areas, but how do you keep smoke from traveling when the areas are contained within each other, i.e. across the aisle from each other. But Harrahs built a separate no-smoking wing. You have to actually leave out of the smoking area and travel down a hallway to the other area. Maybe public places should try this. I whole-heartedly agree that you should have the right to smoke in your own homes. We all know that smoking causes lung disease and cancer, but if it's your "weapon" of choice for your demise, then that should be your right. Sometimes I do think our government goes too far in deciding what is best for us. Maybe more time should be spent on educating, feeding and properly compensating for a day's work. Instead of regulating what we do in our own homes, more time should be spent on helping us keep those homes. As for the baggy pants, you are so right....most criminals don't wear baggy pants.
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