That's just it, I'm not surprised. See, like I've said, I don't mind hearing a different opinion, but why does it always have to be insulting?
If I came onto a thread and said, simply, "I don't like smoking.", I would get the same reaction out of people. I've told you before, after that I get rude just for the fun of it.
If I came onto a thread and said, simply, "I don't like smoking.", I would get the same reaction out of people.
Hmmm. Well, I for one can't recall someone jumping all over another poster that has simply said "I don't like smoking". It's usually followed up with "...and I think I shouldn't ever have to be around it." That'll get you in trouble every time. There have been plenty of other non-smokers that volunteer that they don't like smoking, but they support other's right to do so, without being insulting. They are usually (from what I have seen) treated quite cordially.
As I said before, if you are being rude in return, then you reap what you sow. If you're doing it just "for the fun of it", it seems to me that you're actually doing it to reinforce your opinions of smokers as none-to-bright and none-too-polite. I don't know many folks who are polite when they are deliberately provoked.