On Sat, 08 Sep 2007 20:14:46 -0500, Dillon Pyron
wrote something wonderfully witty:
>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.
>
Of course there will be the resulting "blip", but the trend won't
continue. Perhaps an entire new line of business will spring up
offering Cruises to people trying to "kick the habit".
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