Tilting at Windmills,.But Someone Needs to Do It

Striderweb fisks an anti-smoking op-ed by trying to explain to a nanny-state type the concept of personal freedoms and choice versus collectivist edict. Excerpt:

Okay, let’s pause right there a moment. “[W]e understand that the issue presented is convenience vs. health”. Clearly you understand nothing, then. The issue at hand is personal freedom in an ostensibly free society. You curtailing others’ rights for your own convenience, Ms. Grady, is the issue. Business owners have a right to allow their customers to smoke (well… should). You have the right to either patronize those establishments, or not, as you choose.

Good piece.