Posted on 05/05/2006 3:45:22 AM PDT by SheLion
See, they're living their life, not yours.
But NOOOooooooo, we can't have that now, can we?
And if the tobacco junkies didn't poison the air around them, that everyone else has to breath, I wouldn't give a damn. But NOOOoooooo, they insist on spewing their filth and waste. Can't have them just smoking at home, now can we?
My wife has worked at a nursing home. They have already stated that no matter what laws are passed there is one thing lawmakers cannot change.
A nursing home is exactly that.....their HOME!
While the nursing home is forcing employees to exit the property to have a cig, the residents have a designated smoking area. They get it, the gov't cannot dictate at home!
Ideally we'll die together from a lightning strike.
Ok. Name ONE thing in life that you enjoy that you aren't "hooked" on? That word covers a LOT of activities.
Thousands are "hooked" on running 10 miles a day. Thousands are "hooked" on working out at the gym every day. Thousands are "hooked" when it comes to working on cars.
What is the difference? People get "hooked" on things we enjoy in this life. No harm in that. No harm at all!
I chewed when I went to see a St Louis Rams game versus the 49ers a couple years ago. The new Rams facility was smoke free.
Until halftime at least that is. After the halftime show there was so much smoke in the dome that my eyes were watering! Needless to say ( for this reason along with 7 dollar beers and 5 dollar hot dogs) I have not been back.
I feel the same way.
So! When you go out and leave the confines of your own home, you believe that the world should rotate on YOUR ass and no one else's! How sweet!
We don't LIVE in PERFECT!
If smokers don't like it they can quit or move.
If nonsmokers don't like it they can start or move.
If you don't want a choice then you are just trying to enforce YOUR wishes on someone else.
A nursing home is exactly that.....their HOME!
While the nursing home is forcing employees to exit the property to have a cig, the residents have a designated smoking area. They get it, the gov't cannot dictate at home!
That's why I can't understand how some nursing homes are allowed to get away with this. Forcing the aged, frail and sick elders outside to smoke. This is totally over the top.
More from Maine:
Hospitals moving to bar psychiatric patients from smoking/Don't go nuts in Maine
''Our first concern is about health and about patients, and it's high time we made the statement that smoking is not OK in a health care environment,'' Dr. Girard Robinson said.
More cruel and inhumane treatment by Maine's Health Care Facilities.
Hehe! I sure know what you mean!
I offer that there are two possible ways forward. One is that lawyers will be enriched by the coming lawsuits (most likely class action like the ones against tobacco).
OR
Anyplace commercial can set up a smoking area that is filtered having the filtered air exit to the outside of the building. Tulsa innternational airport had a great smoking room. I offer that designated smoking areas will solve all the drama happeneing today in regards to this issue.
Elderly folks have lived a long life and it is the height of disrespect to dictate to them how they should live their last months and years. Truly it is a new low for this nation.
The anti's are working to ban smoking in all VET Clubs as well. The Vets fought to keep us free, now the putrid anti's in this Country want to take away that right as well!
LOL
Makes swapping chew sound bad...
All I can do is shake my head at the antics of people that do not see the harm they commit in the name of good.
I think that many liberal tendencies are good hearted in nature and alot really do mean well. The problem is that they refuse to set their actions on a scale and check the balance of what they are doing as to the actual results of what they are doing. People that do so and act upon those results are what I call conservative.
Conserve the freedom by conserving the choice.
Reminds me a few years back,my brother, got kicked out of a hospital the same way. He was ready to go home anyway.
I don't think anyone has the right to order people not to smoke, when that person is willing to go outside or to a designated area. It is totally insane. Brainwashing is a very powerful tool.
The anti-smoking nutjobs in Washington State are heinously self-righteous. If some seniors die while trying to shuffle out for a smoke, they'll just say "well they were killing themselves with cigarettes anyway!"
Same with them forcing smoking bans on private businesses and a lot of those businesses close. The anti's can care less about this. As long as they get their way and ban smoking, they could care less about the human element.
Well, only took until post 19.
And if the tobacco junkies didn't poison the air around them, that everyone else has to breath, I wouldn't give a damn. But NOOOoooooo, they insist on spewing their filth and waste. Can't have them just smoking at home, now can we?
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