Crushed by the Juggernaut

The one place in Columbus that refused to knuckle-under the outrageous statewide smoking ban, Zeno's, is being sued. Of course, the fact that anyone with half-a-brain knew that Zeno's allowed smoking means that the market should have worked the way it was meant to work: people who didn't like smoking in bars did not go to Zeno's.

I would not blame them for settling. Like Ayn Rand said:

A forced compliance is not a sanction. All of us are forced to comply with many laws that violate our rights, but so long as we advocate the repeal of such laws, our compliance does not constitute a sanction. Unjust laws have to be fought ideologically; they cannot be fought or corrected by means of mere disobedience and futile martyrdom.

and:

One does not stop the juggernaut by throwing oneself in front of it. . . .

Full Story Here.

UPDATE: Zeno's has countersued. Good for them.