This past week I visited two bars in the Tel-Aviv area. Since I quit smoking I’ve gradually become a more fanatic non-passive passive smoker. Several weeks ago I almost came to blows at a dance bar with a particularly nasty man who not only would not put out the cigarette he was holding right next to me and was puffing near my face, but also threatened to do horrible things to my mother. The barman wasn’t really interested in saving my mother’s honor or telling the smoker to extinguish his cigarette, so, in the absence of the State and law enforcement, citizens are left to sort out their differences themselves.
