Rick Bell wrote this in the October 19 Calgary Sun: "Usually, at this point, some radio rant show mouthpiece enters stage right and yips and yelps about the evils of "judicial activism" and how the so-called "liberal" courts mess with democracy. This sad script is followed until what the people want is not what the whiners want and the democratically elected politicians follow the 50%-plus-one.

"Then the malcontents threaten to run to the very same courts they would smear on every other occasion.

"So it is with those who don't like the butt-out bylaw asking the courts to toss out what most Calgarians back.

"I say: Bring it on."

Here's a link to the complete article: Pro-smoking crybabies all too willing to tuck in their tails before running to hide behind the skirts of the judicial system