tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3213557720353555928.post6238001700957691737..comments2013-04-17T13:31:06.362-05:00Comments on The Pub on the Corner: Not playing with fire 4-1-09 columnJ. Donald Swigarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04278331675045160049noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3213557720353555928.post-2936395291473038202009-04-01T15:27:00.000-05:002009-04-01T15:27:00.000-05:00I sympathize with your feel-good approach on this,...I sympathize with your feel-good approach on this, but this is not an issue like many other issues. This is a public health issue. Leaf burning is objectively unhealthy. This is not an issue like taxes or libraries where people can go back and forth on and everything is okay. This is the health of our village we're talking about, and it's naïve to suggest that we can all just get along on this.<BR/><BR/>Those for burning assert that they have some right to continue doing so even at the expense of the health of their neighbors. There is no safe burning just as there is no safe cigarette or safe syringe loaded with meth.<BR/><BR/>I'm not calling for an end to civility, we still need to be able to live with one another when this is all over with, but we cannot accept this as just another political issue. People are suffering as a result of leaf burning, and the moment we forget that is the moment we err.<BR/><BR/>We have posted an online petition for those opposed to leaf burning, and we will continue to struggle for the health and well-being of our families. Freedom ends when it starts making my baby choke on leaf smoke.<BR/><BR/>http://www.petitiononline.com/noburn/petition.htmlmanchickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05113998212467529919noreply@blogger.com