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Seattle’s new ban on smoking in city parks has Danny Westneat vexed. The Seattle Times columnist says he’s not that concerned with smoking or not smoking in the parks, but picking up on the observation of a reader, he declares the ban showcases a “creepiness to the new Seattle.” Used to be Seattle was a live-and-let-live kind of city, Westneat says. Now the city is more inclined to use rules of “de-normalization” — the idea of putting societal pressure on people to conform.
