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Bill O'Rights · 09-25-2003, 10:40 AM

O.K., I smoke. I've smoked for over 20 years. After the birth of my son, a year ago, I voluntarily began to smoke outside. I also do not smoke in the car. (more because I burned a hole in a car seat years ago, but still...) I also sit in the non-smoking section of a restaurant. But these are MY choices. They were MY decision. I do not want, nor do I need, every little aspect of my life observed, regulated and policed.

This will not affect many of you, as most of you do not smoke. While I do not intend, nor wish to, start a diatribe on "smokers rights", I will say this. Someday, and someday sooner than you think, a vice of yours will come under the public scrutiny and fall under attack. Whether it be Twinkies, red meat or even coffee is immaterial. It WILL happen. Something to keep in mind when so many of you treat smokers like pariahs. Because although I also like my Twinkies, my red meat and my coffee...I'm used to being a social outcast. Get used to it.

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Bill O'Rights will always be an Alyson Hanniganite Location: In the dust of the archives	O.K., I smoke. I've smoked for over 20 years. After the birth of my son, a year ago, I voluntarily began to smoke outside. I also do not smoke in the car. (more because I burned a hole in a car seat years ago, but still...) I also sit in the non-smoking section of a restaurant. But these are MY choices. They were MY decision. I do not want, nor do I need, every little aspect of my life observed, regulated and policed. This will not affect many of you, as most of you do not smoke. While I do not intend, nor wish to, start a diatribe on "smokers rights", I will say this. Someday, and someday sooner than you think, a vice of yours will come under the public scrutiny and fall under attack. Whether it be Twinkies, red meat or even coffee is immaterial. It WILL happen. Something to keep in mind when so many of you treat smokers like pariahs. Because although I also like my Twinkies, my red meat and my coffee...I'm used to being a social outcast. Get used to it. __________________ "I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." - Susan B. Anthony "Hedonism with rules isn't hedonism at all, it's the Republican party." - JumpinJesus It is indisputable that true beauty lies within...but a nice rack sure doesn't hurt. Last edited by Bill O'Rights; 09-25-2003 at 12:53 PM..