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She's 93, not 3.

And wheel chair bound and obviously unable to buy cigarettes for for herself. So the compassionate thing to do is to buy her all the cigarettes she can possibly inhale and let her smoke them when ever and where ever she wants.

What is the exact age you've determined that people will be more deserving of condescension than respect?

You have a funny definition of "respect". It's against the rules to smoke in the nursing home. The lady can't get her own cigarettes. So in her daughters view it's respectful to buy her cigarettes, give her a lighter, and then whine because she has to follow the rules of the nursing home where the daughter keeps her.

Are you unable to see this woman as a human being, or does being a smoker strip her of her membership in the human race?

Oh please stop with the hyperbole. Your thinking is warped. The ladies addicted to cigarettes. She's 93. She can't buy cigarettes for herself so someone is buying them for her. And then you're whining because she has to be wheeled outside to smoke them when the rules of the nursing home forbid smoking inside.

Name one good reason they should buy cigarettes for her. And "because she wants to smoke" doesn't cut it. She probably wants to go to a bar, but they won't let her do that. She probably wants them to make whatever meal she wants, but they won't do that. She probably wants to live with her daughter, but the daughter won't let her do that. Face it, she's in a nursing home and she has to abide by the rules. She wants to engage in an unhealthy voluntary activity. The only restriction they put on it is that she has to do it outside. Give it a rest already.

Name one good reason they should buy cigarettes for her. And "because she wants to smoke" doesn't cut it.

I don't care whether it "cuts" it or not with you, Oberfeuhrer. That is a perfect reason to provide her the cigarettes.

She wants to engage in an unhealthy voluntary activity

What are you, nuts? She's 93 years old!

Are you totally devoid of common sense? Are you so hellbent on judging how other people live that you're completely blind to your own enormous faults, not the least of which narcissistic pecksniffery.

"She wants to engage in an unhealthy voluntary activity"

God almighty,she's ninety-three years old. Do you really think she gives a thought to whether an activity is healthy or not?

I certainly hope you don't have any elderly people in your life,your condescending attitude would be more toxic than any cigarette would be.