Quit nagging the smokers, will ya?

PhillyBurbs.com ^ | 11-18-04 | J.D. Mullane

[SheLion]

[SheLion]

[Allegra]

Oh, is this that National Smoke-Out Day?

We've been trying to come up with a Top Ten Good Things About Being in Iraq list.

Not having to hear about or be encouraged to participate in the Smoke-Out Day just became #6.

[The Mayor]

Bump!

[Wiz]

LOL

[Gabz]

ROFLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Conspiracy Guy]

I'm thinking about breaking the smoking rules on National Smokeout Day. If I get asked to extinguish my cigarette.. I will say, "sorry", then I'll drop it on the floor, snuff it with my foot, then leave. Convenience store, restuarant, anywhere I spot a No Smoking sign.

[SheLion]

We've been trying to come up with a Top Ten Good Things About Being in Iraq list.

Well, shucks. I think it was yesterday. Who knew. hehe!

[SheLion]

LOL

[SheLion]

Convenience store, restuarant, anywhere I spot a No Smoking sign.

Well! That will take a lot of b***! :)

[Latte Drinker]

I personally love the fact that I can go out Saturday nights in New York and Boston now and NOT come home reeking from cigarette smoke. I don't think the smokers mind all that much either--it's an easy way to meet people, going out front to smoke.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

I'm thinking about breaking the smoking rules on National Smokeout Day. If I get asked to extinguish my cigarette.. I will say, "sorry", then I'll drop it on the floor, snuff it with my foot, then leave. Convenience store, restuarant, anywhere I spot a No Smoking sign.

The issue here isn't whether you have the right to smoke anywhere you want, (you don't) but whether individuals, especially business owners, have the right to decide whether or not to allow smoking on their own property. What you're proposing is more of the same things that got smokers into this position in the first place. The actions you're proposing are those of an individual who has given up the fight.

[TheForceOfOne]

Smoker or not if you let someone take your rights away you will never get them back in most cases. I don't want to see the day when everything from alcohol, tobacco, guns, religion, personal property are banned and we are left with hate crimes, gay marriage, socialism, blue states, Hillarycare, and liberal talk radio.

[Conspiracy Guy]

It's raining today so I'll probably stay in the dang office.

[Just another Joe]

I personally love the fact that I can go out Saturday nights in New York and Boston now and NOT come home reeking from cigarette smoke.

And if there were that many people that REALLY cared about it the businesses would have gone nonsmoking, by themselves with no help from nanny govt, YEARS ago.

[SheLion]

I don't think the smokers mind all that much either--it's an easy way to meet people, going out front to smoke.

Oh yes! It's wonderful!

[SheLion]

I don't want to see the day when everything from alcohol, tobacco, guns, religion, personal property are banned and we are left with hate crimes, gay marriage, socialism, blue states, Hillarycare, and liberal talk radio.

They will persecute the overweight, stigmatize SUV drivers and haul into court those who don't recycle.

They've got the money and the time and the lawyers.

This is where it's headed if something isn't nipped in the bud now.  Our rights are being eroded.

[LittleSpotBlog]

Yeah, as a former smoker, I have to say it's pretty lame what you're saying. As a guy once said to me (when I was smoking near him at a party), the worst alcoholic in the world won't force booze down your throat, and even the worst drug addict in the world won't shove a needle in your arm. But the smoker forces you to breathe in his cancer-causing exhaust. It ticked me off at the time, but ever since I quit (and you should too), I completely agree. Smoking doesn't just harm you, it harms everyone around you.

[MEGoody]

"I personally love the fact that I can go out Saturday nights in New York and Boston now and NOT come home reeking from cigarette smoke."

How nice for you. You always did have a choice. When smoking was allowed in the bars and clubs, you could have NOT gone to them so you wouldn't 'reek'. Now you can get drunk and not 'reek'. What fun.

[Conspiracy Guy]

You don't know me so I'll advise you to take my remarks with a grain of salt. I have always been a considerate smoker. I was trying to bring out the Smoke Gnatzies with my proposal. You are right and I agree that it should be the business owner's choice.

Later