Politics and Culture

A few years ago, there was a funny skit in either Living Color or SNL that noticed the "people who ruin everything." I don't remember too well, but it was about those who, through their irresponsibility, took something away from the rest of us. An unfunny example would be the murderers who make airport travel bothersome and time intensive.

So, I was reading about a lawsuit against Wynn resorts for failing to protect their employees against second hand smoke. Some thoughts:

1. Second hand smoke is a scam. No harm, no law suit.

2. Still, if there's a law on the books about smoking in the workplace, and the casino doesn't follow it, they should get in trouble with the law. This was not the case.

3. By making employers responsible for things not conceived of by either legislators, regulators, employees, and employers; the plaintiffs and their attorneys "ruin everything." From now on businesses will be forced to be so proactive as to burden everybody else.

4. Including those people who like to smoke.

5. If the lady thinks smoking is bad, she should have left. Maybe she could have worked as an operator for an online casino where she'd only be smelling the stink from her own home. Now, she should be lobbying for anti-smoking laws.

6. The union and Wynn only care about money.

7. Add in the lawyers, and these things are enough to make people cynical.