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Originally Posted by filtherton
Whoa there buddy, calm down. At least have the cajones to admit that smoking cigarettes is, for anyone seriously concerned about their health and longevity, not the smartest course of action. I don't have a problem with smokers as people, i just think many of them are overly sensitive to criticism because deep down they know what they are doing to themselves is not only foolish, but expensive.
What if i walked up to you and made a proposition. What if i offered to have you pay me 4-5 dollars american every day in exchange for me slowly deteriorating your health to the point where you can't even walk up a flight of stairs without an oxygen tank. Not only that, but in exchange for your money i would also make it so the health of everyone in your immediate vicinity was adversely effected too. Tell me this doesn't sound completley ridiculous. This is a proposition smokers accept over and over, every day. Tell me that's a good decision worthy of respect.
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I wouldn't take your offer mainly because I don't spend that much everyday. I spend $2.64 cents for my pack of camels and I smoke a pack and half a week.. maybe more if I drink alot. Other than that sure I'd take your proposal. I choose to smoke knowing the "dangers" and what have you. My neighbor told me I should stop smoking so I could die healthy. Ok ..you tell me why that's so important. Why does it matter if I die healthy or not? You end up doing the same thing. To say that my decision isn't worthy of respect is insulting in itself. You're saying that what I want to do ( and yeah I'm a very respectful smoker) is just dumb. It may be dumb in your eyes but to me.. it's something I like to do. If they want to ban smoking in public places..fine.. I'll adjust but please..don't call me ignorant, stupid or anything else just because I make a conscious decision to smoke. I wonder if they same kind of attitudes would present themselves if all of a sudden it wasn't "cool" to drink. .. I wonder