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- From: acheng@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Albert Cheng)
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- Subject: Re: Just a Question
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- Date: 7 Jan 93 16:55:50 GMT
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- In article <carlp.726366338@frigg>, carlp@frigg.isc-br.com (Carl Paukstis) writes:
- >>You know, I really don't mind people smoke as long as they don't
- >>exhale it back to the air I need to breath. Would you like me
- >>eat beans and release gas at your face?
- >
- >Weak flame;now refute my comments :-) I'd find it an annoying personal
- >habit and persuade you to stop, in my presence at least. I wouldn't
- >ask the Federal Bureau of Wasting Money to "protect" me from you.
- >Though I suspect the health effects of prolonged inhalation of mammal
- >methane are more profound than for second-hand cigarette smoke.
-
- [Intended that way. Why use strong flame when none is required yet.]
-
- >I'm _extremely_ unlikely to blow smoke in anyone's face, provided they
- >refrain from making trite, senseless comments like yours above. Ask
- >me to stop and I will. I won't ask to smoke in your car or your home
- >(nor will I do it without asking). I'll abide by sensible rules
- >regulating where and when I may smoke in public places. I'll go quite
- >far out of my way to accomodate people who have a problem with my
- >smoking and are reasonably polite about it. But this seeming drive to
- >demonize tobacco smoke, like other recreational drugs have been demonized,
- >for purely political purposes, makes me absolutely crazy.
-
- Well, maybe you are considerate and reasonable, but you ain't the
- only smoker. How would you like to ask guys, who are born without
- a neck and have tatoos on their arms, to stop smoking in a crowded
- resturant? Or in the order line? They just roll up their eyes
- and say, "I have the right to smoke." *puff*
-
- >Folks just can't see it in the same light as excess perfume, playing
- >loud music, failure to bathe, farting, or other annoying personal habits
- >you don't want people to practice around you. Cigarette smoking is much
- >more pervasive, of course, so Something Must Be Done! Whatever bogus
- >research is required will be produced to support Something Being Done.
-
- Loud music is banned in my town (supposedly not audible beyond 75 feet.)
- I don't mind ban on perfume or bad breath either. ;-)
- Smokers are dying of lung cancer. What more proof do you need? But
- if you want to die that way, fine. Don't take me, or my wife, or
- my kids with you.
-