The Strip Club Comparison
Here’s some quick food for thought.
A common argument that we continue to hear time and again is that people shouldn’t have to choose. They shouldn’t have to choose whether or not they patronize an establishment and they shouldn’t have to choose whether or not they work someplace based on if it’s a smoking environment.
However, we make these sorts of decisions on a regular basis. So why are things different for smoke?
Let’s take strip clubs as an example of the decisions we make. We know that strip clubs exist. We know what they entail. As such, we are afforded the opportunity to make an informed decision as to whether or not we patronize or work at such an establishment.
But what if a particular strip club is known for particularly good burgers and somebody who enjoys hamburgers feels disenfranchised because they want a good burger but they don’t want to be around naked women while enjoying that burger?
By the logic we are forced to deal with where smoke is concerned, the strip club would legally have to eliminate strippers from their environment so that this person doesn’t feel disenfranchised and can patronize the establishment without having to be exposed to naked women.
But what about the workers? It is well known that strip clubs pay very well, and there are plenty of people out there who want a decent job that pays well. Yet, not everybody is willing to work in a strip club environment. So how is that fair to them? After all, doesn’t everybody have the right to work where they want to and demand the working environment that they prefer?
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