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You know what Shelion. I owe you an apology. I really don't have a problem in the world with you, personally or Dufarge, Elk, or anyone else because they smoke. I do however detest the act of smoking. If it hasn't been clear that it's the action I dislike and not the person, then you have my apologies.

Well, I accept. But when some anti-smoker (who is supposed to be a fellow friend and FReeper), comes into the Free Republic Smoking Threads and has the urge to bash and trash fellow FReepers just because we enjoy a legal product, you can't blame us for being irate. We are tired of it!

Many times in here, I feel as if I fell through the rabbit hole and ended up in DU hell or worse.........the Yahoo ANTI smoking board. I never go there, btw. Too ugly.

But when my own people in Free Republic trash me, tell me I stink and I am addicted to a filthy habit, I lash out. Mostly from being confused and hurt that someone that is supposed to be on MY side is treating me this way.

I accept your apology. And I hope we can be good fellow FReeper friends from here on out!

Just please..............have a little more tolerance for us. We ARE all on the same side here. :)

If it hasn't been clear that it's the action I dislike and not the person, then you have my apologies.
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imho and personal experience . . . taking great pains to word things strictly in terms of the behavior of smoking or even in terms of the results of the behavior of smoking on unwilling bystander victims . . . . all such makes little difference.

In my experience, the most fierce personhood personally viscious, assaultive, harsh, mean-spirited etc. attacks have always--always originated with the defenders of smoking. I don't know why--probably has something to do with the same psychodynamics that go into so fiercely justifying smoking. And, there seems to be 0.0000000% cando and insight about their doing so.

I also personally care for all individuals I come across. I wish none of them ill. Well, I would be happy for Shrillery to clean cesspools in Siberia but she's a rare case. And, I've been working harder and harder to try and insure that the caring comes across as much as whatever other points I'm trying to make. I do that particularly by talking about the behavior.

Doesn't matter. The shrill hostilities rage and flail about as though I were the devil incarnate anyway.