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To: fone
I smoke, it’s a dirty nasty filthy habit but hey, I’ve helped pay for the Browns and Indians stadium (sin tax) and now I’m paying more tax to help balance the state budget. Doesn’t that entitle me to a little respect? Perhaps not.

EXACTLY! Non-smokers should be THANKING us for all the money added to the state budget. Every time someone bitches about me smoking, I want to point to a park bench or something and say "See that? I paid for it! Now shut up!"

Besides the taxes, they can also thank me for the huge windfall from the bogus "tobacco settlement" that many states participated in. Funny how all that money was supposed to go toward anti-smoking education and health care. Yet where has the money really been spent? Who knows.

You're right about it being a filthy habit. I admit it, and I won't smoke around others unless I know they don't mind. I have no problem with non-smokers who don't like the smell. It's the militant anti-smokers who start yelling about how I'm killing them with second-hand smoke that piss me off to no end.
113 posted on 08/01/2002 9:10:40 AM PDT by jenny65
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To: jenny65
It's the militant anti-smokers who start yelling about how I'm killing them with second-hand smoke that piss me off to no end.

The ones I have the most fun with are the ones that start the stomping and hollering at just the sight of an UNLIT cigarette.

Talk about brainwashed..........SHEESH

114 posted on 08/01/2002 9:16:27 AM PDT by Gabz
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To: jenny65
LOL! Right on! You go girl!

I've come to the conclusion there are 3 types of smokers:

1. Non-smokers
2. Smokers
3. Anti-smokers.

#3 being the most militant of course; usually from the same crowd that screams for tolerance!

Maybe it's time to pass an extra tax on being a whiner. Let's call it a HALO tax (for those in the class of human beings "superior" to the smokers). After all, socialism is supposed to be "FAIR!!!!"

/rant

116 posted on 08/01/2002 1:07:06 PM PDT by fone
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To: jenny65
You're right about it being a filthy habit. I admit it, and I won't smoke around others unless I know they don't mind. I have no problem with non-smokers who don't like the smell. It's the militant anti-smokers who start yelling about how I'm killing them with second-hand smoke that piss me off to no end.

Awe, we still luv yah here Jenny. :)

119 posted on 08/01/2002 2:44:43 PM PDT by VA Advogado
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