Thus spake Lloyd Parsons :
>In article
>,
> Kurt Ullman wrote:
>
>> In article ,
>> RsH wrote:
>>
>> > We changed cruise ship line because of the no-smoking policy on one of
>> > the lines... to another where smoking IS allowed. We strenuously
>> > object to being told we cannot smoke while we continue to pay taxes on
>> > tobacco that are higher than is justified simply to try to stop new
>> > smokers. When you've been smoking for 40 or 50 years, these sorts of
>> > rules are just plain annoying and we can choose to spend our money
>> > elsewhere, after all.
>> >
>> >
>> In this case you have less of a leg to stand on. Unlike restaraunts
>> and workplaces, this is a private company doing this solely because they
>> want to, for whatever reason. No government mandates or requirement.
>> While I understand your feelings about government getting involved, this
>> is a time where a private concern has an absolute right to do with their
>> property as they see fit. Just as you have an absolute right to go
>> elsewhere.
>
>And it looks like $3 Million dollars worth of bookings went with them.
>Money is the ONLY thing businesses understand.
What I'll wait for is their annual report. If it shows bookings were
down, then maybe they were wrong. But I doubt it.
--
dillon
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