>>I prefer a bold free place. One in which success may not be guaranteed, but bold risk taking is sometimes rewarded and always celebrated. A place in which you are free to live on the edge of the eagles wing, but need you need to be mindful that someone may not be there to pick you up if you fall.



Go to Japan. All you need to do to start a business there is file a single paper.

There is still no one to pick you up if you fall. Aren't you taking a risk with the ball python market? Who's going to pick you up if you fail at it? Nobody.





>>I do not prefer a world in which government protects you from yourself, a place in which one group is pitted against the next, tells on each other and resents one another.



Have you seen the general public? People are like that. A lot of problems would probably be solved if we just took the safety labels off of everything, but we can't do that because it's not fair to the person too stupid to realize using a blowdryer while in the bathtub is a bad idea. Look at us here arguing over someone's right to smoke in a restaurant. Do you resent me for being glad that the government has made it possible for me to enjoy a smoke free environment in every building I walk into?



>>And by the way Jen, if you are SO AFRAID of a world in which Apple Bee's might be off-limits to you, due to its smoking policy, I say start your own restaurant that caters to people such as yourself and show Apple Bees the error of it ways by putting them out of business. That would involve bold risk taking however?



Bold risk taking and a desire to work with people and their food. I'd rather get my degree and work with animals! Being pooped on is preferable to the restaurant industry. Eugh!



Why don't you fight the government ban if it bothers you so much? "That would involve bold risk taking however?"



~jenny
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