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If YOUR car burns because you didn't extinguish YOUR cigarette, too bad. It's YOUR car, and YOUR responsibility.

If YOUR house burns because you didn't extinguish YOUR cigarette, too bad. It's YOUR house.

If those are the only places you can dispose of YOUR cigarette butts, that's too bad -- that's where they need to be disposed.

If you have to carry YOUR butt until you find a proper place to dispose of it, DO IT!

It's YOUR responsibility as a smoker, no matter how inconvenient it may be for you. I don't care if you have to chew and swallow the damned thing -- it's YOURS, and your responsibility alone to properly dispose of it.

Good grief -- personal responsibility no longer exists in this country.

Wow.

YOU can read, can't you? I DON'T SMOKE!

I have to ask, do you really think a house fire or a car fire has no consequences for anyone other than the owner?

YOU do know how insurance works, don't you?

YOU do park next to other cars, don't you?

YOU pay taxes for fire and police, don't you?

YOU or one of your loved ones lives or have lived in an apartment or a duplex or a house close enough to the neighbor that fire could easily spread?

Smokers used to exercise personal responsibility as a habit, until it was made illegal and impractical. The unintended consequence was you have to pick up little pieces of paper, but you'd prefer more loss of property and life to other innocent people as collateral damage, as long as a few smokers get taken out first.

Glad to see you're taking the moral high ground.

I guess it'd be crazy to suggest we let smokers have an occassional ash tray without triggering a lawsuit or citation, rather than encouraging them to accidentally burn down their property and that of others?

Good grief -- personal responsibility no longer exists in this country.

You are correct. All behavior is mandated by the government, which is fine with you, as long as you agree with the mandate. What happens when you don't agree with the mandate?