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Sultana · 11-05-2006, 05:37 AM

I always try to be gracious to my smoking friends, and you know what? Every Single One of my smoking friends returns the favor.

To answer the question, I think it's simply because the smoke affects everyone in the surrounding area. Now whether those people choose to be self-righteously rude about it, that's a reflection of that individual, and current social conditioning, I think.

I do agree, there are many other problems that could be addressed as well, however, people don't have to buy heinously expensive daily medications to help control the side effects generated by someone at the next table eating 80% more fat then they require for the day--but I do to deal with my asthma, which is certainly affected by second-hand smoke. And before I managed to get a rx for that medication, being around cigarette smoke could make it so that I couldn't breath. Could leave me gasping, fighting to fill my oxygen-starved lungs, and failing. Unable to perform regular daily tasks, much less the dancing I love with all my heart. Because of someone's careless, non-maliciciously intended second hand smoke I had to be exposed to in public places until these laws came about.

I repeat, it's not just cigarette smoke that can hit me like that. But it's one of the more preventable, voluntary things. By the way, now that I have the meds, I can deal with it much better now. But it's great to not have to. I pray the medication works for the rest of my life.

So when someone else's bad habit/addiction makes others ill, makes their hair/clothes/whatever reek, yes. It makes them an easy target. Although I still don't feel AT ALL that it's a carte-blanch for boorish self-righteousness.

11-05-2006, 05:37 AM	#12 (permalink)
Sultana Falling Angel Location: L.A. L.A. land	I always try to be gracious to my smoking friends, and you know what? Every Single One of my smoking friends returns the favor. To answer the question, I think it's simply because the smoke affects everyone in the surrounding area. Now whether those people choose to be self-righteously rude about it, that's a reflection of that individual, and current social conditioning, I think. I do agree, there are many other problems that could be addressed as well, however, people don't have to buy heinously expensive daily medications to help control the side effects generated by someone at the next table eating 80% more fat then they require for the day--but I do to deal with my asthma, which is certainly affected by second-hand smoke. And before I managed to get a rx for that medication, being around cigarette smoke could make it so that I couldn't breath. Could leave me gasping, fighting to fill my oxygen-starved lungs, and failing. Unable to perform regular daily tasks, much less the dancing I love with all my heart. Because of someone's careless, non-maliciciously intended second hand smoke I had to be exposed to in public places until these laws came about. I repeat, it's not just cigarette smoke that can hit me like that. But it's one of the more preventable, voluntary things. By the way, now that I have the meds, I can deal with it much better now. But it's great to not have to. I pray the medication works for the rest of my life. So when someone else's bad habit/addiction makes others ill, makes their hair/clothes/whatever reek, yes. It makes them an easy target. Although I still don't feel AT ALL that it's a carte-blanch for boorish self-righteousness. __________________ "Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come." - Matt Groening My goal? To fulfill my potential.