Right, this looks as if it could be an IE problem then. Other browsers seem to work.
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Right, this looks as if it could be an IE problem then. Other browsers seem to work.
Thanks.
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Our situation is the direct opposite: we are trying to take away vital tax dollars from bankrupt States and cities. ...
Handicapped people don't have to pay for certain metered parking spots where I live.If it were to be suggested that we take a leaf out of the disabled rights activists' book, then I couldn't disagree.
Handicapped people don't have to pay for certain metered parking spots where I live.
And these are valued spaces.
And my wife says they can park in a red zone if all handicapped spaces are taken.
I have not yet verified that yet, so don't quote me.
No wonder so many douchebags get bogus handicapped designations.
I do not begrudge truly handicapped people the "right" to park appropriately.
But I hate anyone who twists the system to their own benefit.
I guess this may be a bit off-topic though...
Given that I am not a nicotine addict...So I guess using something like the Americans with Disabilities Act to say that we are All Nicotine Addicts and that we have certain protects is Out of the Question?
No wonder so many douchebags get bogus handicapped designations.
I do not begrudge truly handicapped people the "right" to park appropriately.
But I hate anyone who twists the system to their own benefit.
I guess this may be a bit off-topic though...
Given that I am not a nicotine addict...
And that many of us here are no longer nicotine addicts...
And that many who Think They Are Still Nicotine Addicts may not really be any longer.
Then no.
@Jman8
OK, I know some people won't agree with me, but this is how it seems to me:
1. Aligning with the MJ user groups
2. Aligning with smokers' rights groups
I think I made a good comparison with regard to the NRA: look at how the NRA have done compared with the smokers' rights groups, with a fraction of the resources - a much smaller percentage of the population and much smaller funding.
If the smokers' rights people are not grossly incompetent by comparison, what are they? They had about 40% of the population to work with, and potentially unlimited funds. A far, far better position than the NRA ever had. And what did they achieve? The worst defeat in the history of mankind.
It's generally best to align with proven success, not partial local improvements or massive, crushing defeat and dismal, utter failure. The disabled rights, gay rights and AIDS patients' rights people, on the other hand, did a whole lot better. They are a better model for successful community action against establishment opposition. They succeeded at federal level and with a fraction of the resources the smokers' rights people had.
If it were to be suggested that we take a leaf out of the disabled rights activists' book, then I couldn't disagree.
Let's pretend that the experimental design actually was sound, and was fully disclosed.
As usual, the biggest obstacle in a campaign such as this is an uninformed citizenry who will faithfully believe that their g'ment somehow has their best interests at heart, and would 'first do no harm'. That's a big hurdle to overcome.
Then again, how do you persuade someone who has never smoked or vaped that it's a good idea for their g'ment to lose a revenue stream that might somehow end up with them having to cough up more in tax dollars in the not-so-distant future?
The problem is not so much the uninformed citizenry, or the greedy government(s) themselves, but that a system is firmly in place which actually requires both. Certain groups of citizens are always going to be 'thrown under the bus', 'for the greater good'.
I find it very hard to understand why each vaper doesn't get at least five non-smokers on their side...I believe its more that the general population of 80% non-smokers are to busy
leading their lives to give a hoot one way or the other.