Would you also take your McDonalds take-away into a church, sit down and eat it? (Regardless of whether you eat McDonalds or would ever go into a church, I am sure you get my meaning)
There is a big difference between something being legal and being the decent thing to do, and there is also a big difference between hiding it an showing a bit of courtesy to those who may not know what vaping is.
I am Sludge's other half, and I can assure you that we have vaped in MANY public places, but always with courtesy and checking that the management are OK about it (Only the other week, I openly vaped on a public ward during my hospital stay, but I made sure that the doctor and ward sister knew what it was before I did. Had I just started vaping, people's backs would likely be put up before they even got to me to find out about it).
Courtesy costs nothing and we need to be ambassadors until such time as PVs are known quantities to all of the general public, else the 'it's legal' arugument will no longer be available to you, because it no longer will be.
There is a very pro-smoking pub near to us that doesn't permit vaping inside (smoking is not allowed indoors in the UK in any publc building, but they have created outdoor areas that are as close to being indoors a they can legally manage at great expesnse). The reason? Because the first vaper they encountered sat in the bar area and vaped openly without talking to the management first. When confronted by the landlord, their response was that it is legal and they have the right to do it if they want. Landlord's response (undertandably): my pub, my rules, no vaping, get out!
There is a fine line to be trodden here, IMHO. It should't be hidden, but we don't need to try and press buttons either. IMO: don't vape in situations wher smoking was never socially acceptable, and wherever practical/possible, educate the management and check they have no objection.
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