Reply #68: I'm happy to respond.

[mondo joe]

If some bars want to have asbestos lined walls why not let them?

Of course hazardous materials have something to do with is. Why shouldn't people be free to take their business to any establishment without risking second hand smoke?

Please remember - I voted AGAINST the ban in Seattle. But the question above is legitimate.

Is it tyranny of the majority to require food safety laws in restaurants? Is it tyranny of the majority to ban asbestos in buildings? Is it tyranny of the majority to impose sexual harassment laws?

Face it - there are MANY laws that MANY people (even liberals) support that are no more or less tyrannical than this.

Your analogy was indeed false - you haven't been put in prison. The bill of rights protects you from being put in prison just because someone "doesn't like you". But it doesn't protect you from being put in prison for breaking the law, and it doesn't protect you from substance bans put in place by the electorate or their representatives.