Ashes to ashes, dust to dust

There is a campaign here in Miami to have a law passed, giving employers the right to terminate the employment of someone who lights a bunch of tobacco leaves and tar and cancer and is stupid enough to inhale the shit.

For once, I am thinking much good things about the Law. However, this might challenge some constitutional rights, like the right to free speech, the right to bare arms, and the right to slowly singe the insides of your lungs so you won't be able to cough up your phlegm by the time you are fifty. That is your right, you moron, but it is also my right to be able to enjoy the same sunshine as you while surfing the internet and not having to be burnt by your damn cigarette ash blowing in my direction.

Oh, I have great doubts the cigarette companies will veto the issue because they have nothing but to profit from this abject inanity. The law will not pass, unfortunately. The desire for a "healthier" nation is a good desire but you can't legislate something that over 50% of the population is against. Healthy is a fashion fad that does not encompass "No Smoking".

So I will continue to say swear words and move into the confines of a refrigerated room while the great idiocy out there steals my fresh air and compacts their own suicide pact. Shall I help them along?