If a product is legally available for sale, a consumer should have the right to visually identify and inspect what it is they are intending to purchase before the sale.
Our government spends vast sums of tax dollars, utilizing every delay in the book in court, to try and bankrupt small business owners in their race for control and to save us all from ourselves.
The judge noted that unlike other consumer products, there is no safe level. Under a regime of “no safe level,” no pharmaceutical drug could exist, as nearly every drug has some dangerous side effects. People wouldn’t drive since driving is far from 100% safe. Parents wouldn’t allow their kids to participate in sports given the very real possibility of injury.
The only appropriate use of “no safe level” would be in this sentence: There is no safe level of the public being exposed to any commentary by government that includes “no safe level.”
Her decision is a slippery slope.
It is clear to this citizen of Nova Scotia, that our government has nothing in store but further contempt for intellect, individuals and small businesses alike. —Dartmouthy
This article appears in May 9-15, 2013.
could you provide more info d’mouth? anyway, i’m sure i agree with you
I believe he is talking about Mader’s Tobacco Store in Kentville. And I agree, if beer, wine, and spirits can be in the open and advertised, so should tobacco.
thank you, i remember that, agree d’mouth. freaking hypocrites
Tobacco isn’t a fruit.
Yes this is about Bob Gee’s case, Maders Tobacco. Also, apparently the Coast won’t let you name judges by name – interesting. You’d think if a judge can make a ridiculous ruling, the public should be allowed to call them out on their bullshit. So not only can we not see tobacco products, we can’t name judges, either…
http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/11…
So if he wants to run a tobacco shop for adults of legal age with no government interference, then why is it a general store? Unless I’m missing something this doesn’t make sense. Should NSLC start selling chips, soda and candies?
Every retailer followed the law or paid the fine when they didn’t. This man has tied up the courts at an unknown cost to taxpayers, was given a very leniant fine (compared to other store’s violations) of $430 and is now told to follow the laws every other person follows. Now hes up to $50,000 worth of legal bills and is unsure of the future financial state of his store………. I must be missing something.
I liked the last line of that article;
“The Tobacco Access Act prohibits Nova Scotia’s 1,246 vendors from advertising and prominently displaying tobacco products behind store counters.”
1,246 vendors in the province with only one issue, old Gee must be some special.
Oh and I forgot, your kids can go into any NSLC store but not a tobacco store. So how many people are killed or injured because of impaired driving? How many people are assaulted by people who have been consuming alcohol? I don’t recall anyone assaulting someone because they had too much to smoke.
Bro Tim, I’m not trying to start an argument with you, but it is illegal for a person under the age of 19 to enter any NSLC retail store. If a child is with their parent, that law still applies. Whether or not the manager/staff enforces the law, its still the law. I know from severel friends experiences the LC’s in the Superstores enforce this law strongly. I have never wanted to bring my offspring into such a place to find out first hand, but they are very credible sources and I doubt they would make that sort of story up.
You may not recall anyone assaulting another person because of too much to smoke, but I can recall numerous robberies for packs of cigarettes. I can also recall numerous cases of individuals being assaultied and having their smokes and cash stolen. There was recently the man on Bayers and Connaught getting stabbed in the face over a cigarette.
i don’t think they enforce that law, kirk. i see kids in my jar store all the time
I totally agree PG. In response to a previous post I wanted to point out that it is actually illegal. So any argument based on those grounds would be counter productive and dismissed by any official.
Kirk, it is not illegal for a child to enter NSLC with an adult and hasn’t been for a long time. Further tobacco stores such as Bob’s restrict anyone under-aged to enter. Since they can’t go in, what is the point of covering up product. It may be a law but one that makes absolutely no sense.
hey reg, there’s this http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wu-Jr_vEXoo/UO7x…
“it may be a law but one that makes absolutely no sense” like our pot laws, timothy?^^
Bro Tim you may be correct, and that would mean I may be wrong. I hate that shit. I tried calling NSLC but as a wonderful Monday to Friday operation there was no answer. Agricola directed my question to their head office and Quinpool transferred me to an automated menu. Google at this point has also failed me. I hate that shit as well, a lot. So now I have two first hand accounts which give no actual credible evidence, and they were in the Superstores. First thing Monday morning we will touch base on this topic, on this thread of course. That is, if you actually care enough to.
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PG, the difference is tobacco is already legal. Are there any other legal products out there that it’s against the law to advertise anywhere?
ya got me there, big guy
Hey Tim 😉
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3HlbgYQLE0
Driving a motorcycle is like flying. All your senses are alive. When I ride through Beverly Hills in the early morning, and all the sprinklers have turned off, the scents that wash over me are just heavenly. Being House is like flying, too. You’re free of the gravity of what people think. – Hugh Laurie
They can take my Johnny 7 when they pry it out of my cold, dead hands
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCBvu9MX-po
O course, if they still made them, nowadays you’d probably have to undergo a background check, 7 day waiting period, you’d have to shell out 60 bills for a license, your name would be on a government database…
…AND THE EFFING THING WOULD BE MADE OF NEON PINK AND YELLOW PLASTIC!
ANOTHER INCOHERENT BITCH FROM DARTMOUTHY
“The judge noted that unlike other consumer products, there is no safe level.” Dartmouthy
What judge? What consumer product is he talking about? What safe level? Who knows? What is this bitch all about? Well, what this bitch is really all about, of course, is just another knee-jerk anti-government rant from one positioned on the margins of society.
He claims that the government spends “vast amounts of tax dollars” – any number on that, any evidence Dartmouthy? – that it “utilizes “every delay in the book” – what delays would they be Dartmouthy, what book are you talking about? – to “try and bankrupt small business owners” – why would the government want to bankrupt small business owners, Dartmouthy? Does that make any sense? No evidence for that by any chance, is there? – “in their race for control” – what race for control would that be, Dartmouthy? Any evidence of its existence? – and “to save us from ourselves?” – how does the government propose to do that Dartmouthy? No evidence for that either I suppose, just empty bluster like the rest of the bitch.
Using his impeccable logic, Dartmouthy goes on to yobber about “no safe level” for drugs, for cars, for kids playing and so on, incoherently concluding that there is no safe level for protection from any government commentary using the phrase “no safe level.” It is incoherent because there is no connection between the two assertions. But, in spite of his impeccable logic, Dartmouthy will not see the absence of any connection.
In his grandstand conclusion, Dartmouthy trumpets his assertion to the effect that the government “has nothing in store but further contempt for intellect, individuals and small businesses.” How did Dartmouthy know this? What evidence has he given? Don’t bother asking.
However, given Dartmouthy’s obvious level of intelligence, the biggest puzzle is just how he knew that the government had contempt for intellect. Now that’s a real mystery.
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
Bro Tim, I was mistaken. You can bring your children into the LC as long as they don’t handle any merchandise. I then asked if I could bring someone else’s child into the store with me and pretend that they are mine, the same policy applies. So, now I’m confused by this double standard you brought up.
Well at least the OB has legitimate fuel for his fire if he decides the this topic should go further than LTWWB.
If I’m on the margins of society Montreal man, I’d love to know where it is you lie. Well within sight of your pompous ass, and bulbous nose, I’m sure. Did you get my shipment of real NY bagels yet?
What a schnook.