But it’s ironic that the day after Independence Day, we get our freedoms revoked.

– Rozina, bartender at Henry’s in Milwaukee

This is sort of a deviation from my normal focus on techier things, but… WTF. No.

Your freedom to smoke ends when it infringes on my freedom not to get second-hand smoke and cancer. (I’m sure someone will say that my freedom not to get second-hand smoke ends where it infringes on your freedom to smoke, but whatever.) Your habit is directly affecting the health and lives of everyone around you. Wisconsin is one of the last states in the country to institute the smoking ban, and it’s about damn time this backwards state got something right.