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Holo · 12-12-2003, 07:35 PM

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Originally posted by sixate
I don't. I respect shit eaters waaaay more than smokers... Shit eaters are at least smart enough to do it in the privacy of their own home behind closed doors to make sure they don't disgust anyone. They make sure that nobody else is affected by it. Smokers don't! I respect every shit eater on the face of the planet 1000x more than any smoker.

I guess that's one way to look at it...

The topic is smoking, not any of the other things you listed. For the record, I'd support alcohol becoming illegal also.

I bring up the others not to derail the topic but to show there are much worse social ills than smoking. I think your blanket condemnation of smokers is a bit extreme and was making the point there are individuals that are causing more social ills by dumping more exhaust into the air than a smoker does. I'm just tired of ban this ban that...we have to accept there are ppl different from each of us and their world may include smoking. I agree non-smokers should have pure air in eating areas as well as smokers having their areas to eat with air cleaners to absorb the smoke so it doesn't waft over. In open air public I wholly disagree.

I was a smoker over a decade ago, and I'm damn glad I quit for a number of reasons. If I was a smoker today I would support bans in eating areas. I disagree with it at bars...I mean hey you're there for the atmosphere, and part of a bar's atmosphere has always been smoky air. A bar is NOT a healthy place to be, and it shouldn't be homogenized with smoking bans. You don't like smoke, go to a non-smoking bar.I'm sure many major cities have one or soon will in light of all the bans.

I think this whole crusade of hating smokers is a bit hypocritical. There's been evidence of damage to health for decades, and only now 5 years after proof was found is there a major backlash. Cigarettes got popular because society glamorized it. I know I started smoking at 14 to look and feel more adult, and many many others did the same. It's our fault as a society this was been adopted, and like a poster above said we can't expect an overnight turnover. Till then don't punish smokers who are currently smoking, either by choice or inability to kick the addiction. Addiction is much like suicide; unless you're in the person's head or have been in a similar state you really can't make an informed judgment of what they go through.

That's why I oppose condemnation of all smokers...sure some use the world as their ashtray and are inconsiderate. Some smokers are good ppl caught in an addiction they can't beat. Because they engage in a newly unacceptable practice doesn't mean they are implicitly bad. Hitler was a vegetarian...does he get points for eating healthy?