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Jump to full article: Denver (CO) Post, 2010-01-11
Author: DP Opinion
Intro: The Post argues that, because actors can use fake cigarettes on stage, the state smoking ban should apply. But just because The Post is capable of publishing fake news and commentary doesn’t mean it should be forbidden from publishing the real thing. The owners should decide policy, and patrons should decide which plays to see. It is a matter of property rights as well as free expression. By inviting politicians to set policy in the playhouse, The Post invites them to do the same in the newsroom.
The opening statement of this editorial reads, “You don’t use real guns to shoot people in performances. … Why do actors need real cigarettes to give audiences the idea that a character is smoking on stage? They don’t.”
What you fail to note is that when you use a gun on stage, you get a BANG! When you die on stage from a gunshot, you get blood. Likewise, when you smoke a faux herb cigarette, you should get smoke.
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