ST, although I don't wish to turn this thread into a socio-philosophical debate, I would, however, like to clarify my point regarding smoking in cars.
My underlying point was to highlight more government intrusion into our everyday lives, i.e. government on all levels:Federal, State and Local. The smoking "panic" is just one of many current "tempest in a teapot" trendy topics that the American people are being bombarded with. If we let them (smoking Nazis)intrude into our cars, what's next? They will soon be inspecting our private residences for CO concentrations. Do you really want that? Not me! Sure , I think it's probably not the best behavior which parents can exhibit, nor do I think they should allow their kids to buy/ listen to Gansta Rap, dress like "HOS and THUGS" and throw "F" bombs out every other word. But they do it anyway. Should there be a law???..No! You and I could debate "ad nauseum" about the potential harmful effects of 2nd -hand. The fact remains that my generation grew up around this stuff and we didn't end up all dead or dying in the streets ala Black Plague. This being a gaming forum, I would like to wager you that I would prefer to have my kids with me smoking in my car for 10 years than 10 mins. exposed to your backyard nuclear waste. Why? Because we've had 50 years of empirical data to support the deadly effect of uncontrolled radiation. Let's just move on to another topic like global warming that we all can agree on. I'm sure Monk, Shad and the kids up in ND can all attest to its presence this week.:grin: