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Cynthetiq · 04-02-2004, 07:50 AM

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Originally posted by analog
Before I begin, I will preface my argument by saying I am a not a tobacco smoker.

So let's dissect an argument here.

You're telling me that regardless of the fact that it's perfectly legal to do so, the company I work for has the right to tell me I can't smoke when I'm not on duty?

Your justification for this, as I understand it, is because "you don't have to take the job".

How can you tell me something as flimsy as "well, you don't have to work here/go to school here" is a good argument?

You would call this a stupid argument, but since it's a word-for-word contradiction to YOUR argument, I think it's a perfectly fine rebuttal. It shows just how absurd your argument is to begin with- being able to be cut down by a simple contradiction of terms.

In the privacy of my own home, behind closed doors, off-duty, and with the permission of the government (smoking tobacco IS legal, after all), I would tell them to shove that contract up their holier-than-thou ass and kiss my basic human rights. Working for your company or not, it is BULLSHIT to tell me what I can or can not do something that is legal and HAS NO EFFECT ON YOU WHATSOEVER.

Because you agreed to it.

You don't have to like it, you don't have to eat it. You just have to live with the consequences of your choices.

I understand where you are coming from. I used to smoke pot and drink heavily. I got paid for MENTAL CAPACITY. So I don't smoke don't drink on the job. But what I did on my own time was my own business. Had the given drug tests, I would have NOT worked there for the VERY reasons you state.

I made my choices. I live with the consequenses of those choices. It limited places that I could work. While I would have loved to work for some companies that I had to turn down because of their hiring practices, I wouldn't call it discrimanatory in any shape.