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I think, or hope that Sicvee was using humor. That's why I replied as I did to the posting. Just read the post as if you were speaking through your nose so you sound like a snivveling liberal. At least that's how I took it.

It's hard to know WHAT is going through people's heads when they come into the smoking threads. Seems that being a Republican who smokes still puts us on the outs with some. Pity.

We see it a lot in Free Republic. They say they are for all the rights for all the people, yet come in and trash the hell out of Conservatives who choose to smoke. I walk away from my monitor in tears a lot.

I walk away from my monitor in tears a lot.

I know where you are coming from. Unfortunately, I get so darn *&^*&%*&* off that I wake up the next morning saying "well, what did you say last night and to whom...."

You know, my dad was one of the most knowlegable people on communism that I have ever know. Back in the 60's and 70's I used to roll my eyes whenever he started into one of his rants against the commies.

30 years later and wiser, dad was 100% right. I will always remember one thing he told me about Kruschev. Kruschev was quoted once as saying "...your freedoms will ultimately destroy you." Or something close to it. Anyway, his statement is coming closer to fruition as each year goes by.

I got the sense that most on FR see the smoking issue as a loss of freedom. You would know more than I, but I only saw a few on the threads that I read.

When California got that Rob "Meathead" Reiner Prop 10 on the ballot and Charlton Heston endorsed it, I emailed the NRA. Wayne LaPierre, the spokesperson came back with the line that Mr. Heston was speaking for himself. I asked that if a local governing body wanted to place a huge yearly tax on all weapons kept in their community, would they endorse that. He replied that they would fight such a tax. After the proposition passed, by a slim majority, it was felt that Heston's endorsement clinched the passing. Within a few weeks, I think it was Chicago, was passing a tax on all guns and the NRA objected. Heston later said he wished that he would never have supported that meathead proposition because he could see where it was going.

I used to smoke; gave it up about 20 years ago. But I believe in freedom and self-determination; if the smoke gets too heavy for me in a certain place, I choose not to got there.

Why is that so hard for people to comprehend? You don't like smoke; there are of places that are smoke free. There's no need to legislate EVERYONE to be smoke free.