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i personally find it easy to get along with everyone, so long as they just agree to ONLY do things I personally approve of. Why cant everyone be as progressive as me?

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Not sure where the personal bit came from. They literally blow particulate off of the ground and into your lungs. We have non-smoking areas, but suspending whatever is on the ground into the air is somehow okay and opposing it is being "progressive"? I don't think it's such a progressive idea.

but where does it end? what if I personally take a water sprayer with me and spray the ground ahead of me when walking so as to not hurl dust into the air, can I now demand others do so too?

this planet is a shared resource, and a great many things everyone does affects others to some degree, and there obviously has to be some limits, but I think everyone would do well to hold a bit off on judging others, or demanding laws stopping them, for you may soon see others that will turn the cannon around on yourself.

What if the 1 billion Africans suddenly decided "well lets get rid of the US lifestyle, they consume too many resources anyway, literally hurling particles and carbon into the air", will you cheer for the dismantling of all the amenities you enjoy?

There's no judgement of people in my comments. It's objectively bad. Air and Water are 100% things we should protect with law BECAUSE "This planet is a shared resource".

I dont entirely disagree with the principle, but, at the same time, will you spray water on the ground you walk on?

I don't have a lot of concern for what I walk on. It can be raked or swept, watered if needed on concrete if it's a concern. On grass or soil it just creates more favorable soil. I take my shoes off at the door, so I don't see any issues.

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