LOL - lots of time reading thru this thread - very interesting...my unimportant opinions follow:
1/98% - Re: the whole smoking thing....
I agree with you that smoking/2nd hand smoke does violate other peoples right to pursue life... but, you must understand, in a free state, the non-smokers are also free to create a community that is smoke-free, with ordinances and CC&Rs, and probably signs at the entrances to these towns that state in no uncertain terms "This is a TOTALLY Smoke-Free Community, you are welcome to visit, move here, start a business, or what have you, BUT, do not smoke or you will be in direct violation of our rules and fined(

) accordingly" - It seems to me that you would welcome the chance to be a part of such a community, the exact type of community which is outlawed in your state right now. Being free to smoke allows others the freedom to not smoke or even ever having to deal with smokers also.
re: Fillipino brides et al....
Zack, I don't think I have yet to read a thread in which you don't bring up your whole fillipino bride stuff. I must admit that these days I look forward to your posts to see how exactly you are going to work it into the conversation at hand - Love ya Man - You make me smile! BTW - if this date with Jacqueline doesn't work out I might just go your way... lol j/k
re: employment, safety, etc...
the problem that libs have in discussing these issues with others is that we come from what has been pointed out as 'utopia' or the final end-result of lib principles upon a society. the people (1/98% in this instance) are taking the current state of society and applying our principals point blank - which would cause tremendous pain to people in general. For instance: joe worker and his family - he is unemployed, he has choice of working for unsafe employer or not being able to feed his family. This situation is totally out of context. The whole premise of lib society is one of freedom=responsibility... so, in the end result society, joe worker would have been taught about self-reliance, how to make good life decisions, the potential for his unemployement, etc AND would (if he was responsible) have taken steps BEFORE his unemployment to make sure he had more choices than only to work for Mr. HazardousWork employer. Perhaps by putting enough money away to ensure his ability to move his family to a place where Mr. Safe employer has a business, or even better, become skilled in other trades so he can easily change into another less-hazardous field should the need arise. The point is... it is a fallacy to take Joe Worker from the statist society we have today and through him into the Free State of the FUTURE. thats like throwing a caveman into a job working at a Silicon-chip Manufacturing plant and pointing to his inadequacies and saying that proves we can't ever have a Chip business because no one will know how to run it. (well, a bad metaphor, but ya'all know what I mean)
ok, enuf of me already - can't wait to read more from you guys/gals...
Viva la Liberty,
michael