Comments on: A Message to You, Rudy http://toddseavey.com/2008/02/02/a-message-to-you-rudy/ Conservatism for punks. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:26:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.9 by: Todd Seavey http://toddseavey.com/2008/02/02/a-message-to-you-rudy/#comment-10858 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:13:39 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2008/02/02/a-message-to-you-rudy/#comment-10858 Alcohol's a depressant -- and believe me, New Yorkers drink as much as they jaywalk. I meant coffee, which is a stimulant. Getting New Yorkers to stop jaywalking (or drinking alcohol, for that matter) would be like trying to get Seattle to stop drinking coffee. Alcohol’s a depressant — and believe me, New Yorkers drink as much as they jaywalk.

I meant coffee, which is a stimulant. Getting New Yorkers to stop jaywalking (or drinking alcohol, for that matter) would be like trying to get Seattle to stop drinking coffee.

]]> by: Ann L http://toddseavey.com/2008/02/02/a-message-to-you-rudy/#comment-10855 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:40:06 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2008/02/02/a-message-to-you-rudy/#comment-10855 "And as I mentioned once before, Giuliani also wanted to start enforcing the anti-jaywalking laws here, which is like outlawing the dispensing of stimulating beverages in Seattle." I don't get this analogy. Yes, Seattleites don't jaywalk much. Are you saying the don't sell much booze in NYC? “And as I mentioned once before, Giuliani also wanted to start enforcing the anti-jaywalking laws here, which is like outlawing the dispensing of stimulating beverages in Seattle.”
I don’t get this analogy. Yes, Seattleites don’t jaywalk much. Are you saying the don’t sell much booze in NYC?

]]> by: Tim http://toddseavey.com/2008/02/02/a-message-to-you-rudy/#comment-10701 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 13:26:02 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2008/02/02/a-message-to-you-rudy/#comment-10701 To clarify: I originally wrote "haram" where the word "forbidden" is, but it became no longer clear that alcohol is *religiously* forbidden to a large percentage of those for whom it is a tradition. To clarify: I originally wrote “haram” where the word
“forbidden” is, but it became no longer clear that alcohol is
*religiously* forbidden to a large percentage of those
for whom it is a tradition.

]]> by: Tim http://toddseavey.com/2008/02/02/a-message-to-you-rudy/#comment-10677 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:08:31 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2008/02/02/a-message-to-you-rudy/#comment-10677 Dancing used to offend lots of folks about 100 years ago. It must be controlled! I remember a few years back a NYT article about the <a href="http://www.qgazette.com/news/2005/0928/features/024.html" rel="nofollow">"hookah"</a> problem - cafes and bars were allowed to continue legal smoking if tobacco was > 10% of revenue, but > 40% of revenue in alcohol sales was also required (forbidden). [ I use the past tense because I don't know the present situation. ] Dancing used to offend lots of folks about 100 years ago.
It must be controlled! I remember a few years back a NYT
article about the “hookah”
problem - cafes and bars were allowed to continue legal
smoking if tobacco was > 10% of revenue, but > 40% of
revenue in alcohol sales was also required (forbidden).
[ I use the past tense because I don’t know the present situation. ]

]]> by: Meredith http://toddseavey.com/2008/02/02/a-message-to-you-rudy/#comment-10669 Sat, 02 Feb 2008 22:31:42 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2008/02/02/a-message-to-you-rudy/#comment-10669 Reason.tv has a bit up about a restaurant/bar in the southwest that has run into the Footloose problem. Reason.tv has a bit up about a restaurant/bar in the southwest that has run into the Footloose problem.

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