I Must Hate Children...

...because I think banning outdoor smoking, as Port Orange, FL is about to do, is a ridiculous idea.

You try and teach your kids not to smoke. If you're going have people right around, second hand smoke is probably really bad as it is," says Port Orange resident Harry Eoulmegis.

John Jackson, a former city council member, proposed the ordinance. He says this is about more than second-hand smoke. To him, it's also about setting a healthy example for children.

If I had kids, I would probably teach them not to smoke. But I'd also try to teach them not to grow up to be pissant, podunk, power-hungry small town city council members.

But how can I do that when every time I take them out in public, people like John Jackson might be around, needlessly exposing my vulnerable children to secondhand fascism?

We ought to ban people like John Jackson.