Why Do Gays Smoke So Much

Slate ^ | August 4, 2003 | Steven E. Landsburg

[AxelPaulsenJr]

Can't answer that. There was a thread on this subject a few weeks back in this forum. You might run a search on the subject if you are interested in further info.

Regards, Axel

[Wolfie]

Nicotine causes homosexuality.

[exile]

If they're already involved in a risky behavior, what's one more going to do?

Also, gays tend to be hedonistic. They don't care that smoking is bad.

[exile]

I just realized that my last post sounds like Mr. Mackey from South Park. MMMkay

[Enterprise]

I think the comments are funny. Of course, the moderator removed a parody thread of mine from a fat people thread which was no where near as stinging as some of these. We shall see.

[whalehater]

They want to suck on something a little bit bigger than they are normally used to.

[GOP_1900AD]

Let's see.... since there are no long term traditional family commitments, then why preserve one's health? No responsibilities. It's obvious. Furthermore, in the age of AIDS, being gay in and of itself is somewhat suicidal. I would imagine that suicidal behavior would manifest in any number of ways. Any questions?

[biblewonk]

Because they don't care what they put into their bodies. It's all part of being possessed.

[Enterprise]

"In other words, Varney implicitly assumes that gays are either too stupid to have gotten the message that smoking is bad for you or too irrational to have modified their behavior accordingly."

This BEGS a rewrite, to wit:

In other words, gays are either too stupid to have gotten the message that unprotected gay sex is bad for you or too irrational to have modified their behavior accordingly.

In light of the revelations that gays continue to have unprotected sex, and in light that they get on the internet and arrange gay sex parties with the knowledge that there are some present who are HIV positive, I think that the word "irrational" is a profound understatement of their group mental health.

[eyespysomething]

egads, i hope not

[mtbopfuyn]

The smokey haze helps hide 5 o'clock shaddows.

[Tacis]

Oh, no!! I hope this doesn't cause all the wonderful smokers on this list, especially, those brave folks with the mechanical voice boxes, to think that we believe that they are also faggots! It is bad enough that they foul our air and think we should appreciate it or go somewhere else. I'd hate to think that we think even less of them because of their tinkerbellitude.

However, I used to listen to NPR all the time. Then I noticed an amazing number of stories about how wonderful and normal fairies are. Then, after establishing that they were spreading propaganda and not reporting news, I'd switch stations every time some pro-fairy (they ALL are pro-fairy) story came on. I listen much less to NPR.

Now, I'm not sure this story is factual but, yo, Bruce-the-smoker, I accept your private property arguments as long as you are smoking in the fairy bars. Enjoy smokers, suck and blow all you like, and I'll go to the smoke-free (and, it seems, fairy-free) bars and restaurants. Deal?

[presidio9]

this is documentable ? lesbians as well ?

The best I can do is tell you that I have seen the research on this website several times indicating that the average life expectancy for gay men is 42. In addition to the AIDs risk, gay men have the highest suicide rate and the highest rate of alcoholism and drug addiction. Then there's the smoking thing and that the fact that, um, anal promiscuity, um, opens one up to all sorts of non-AIDs health problems. I do not know what the story is with lesbians.

[Just another Joe]

Blow it out your a$$, Tacis.
Seems like that's where most of your remarks come from anyway.

[exile]

"Oh, did you know that coffee leads to Red Bull which leads to meth?"

Oh crap

[Constitutional Patriot]

Because they are flaming....

[exile]

It is a scientific fact that lesbianism leads to mullets, golf shirts and an affinity for the WNBA.

[headsonpikes]

It's always good to see a post from someone whose brain is so twisted fron internalized agitprop, that they reveal their true feelings, hateful and socialistic though they are.

You are a piece of work, you are, Tacis.

[presidio9]

The smokey haze helps hide 5 o'clock shaddows

And other unsightly things on your face.

[LexBaird]

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. And sometimes not.