Posted on 05/26/2013 10:46:26 AM PDT by DogByte6RER
1915: Anti-Smoking Sign, Zion, Illinois
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carrie had balls
NO SMOKING |
sign?
There is no freedom in addiction. Stop hyperventilating. Deal wit it.
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In a Republic every man rich or poor has the right to starve, live under a bridge, and smoke. Get a Nose Gay and stop dictating peoples behavior.
You poor thing. Feeling better now?
No - you deal with it, considering you are the one with the addiction. Dictating to others how to live their lives is your addiction. There is no freedom in tyranny, but you get absolute pleasure in it.
We get great enjoyment out of your kind - the kind that walk into an establishment with great big signs saying "Smoking Permitted" who then get offended because people are smoking. More often than not they are asked to leave, as they are unpleasant, stingy and just don't belong.
Last night we went to Ft. Lauderdale beach for their memorial day beach party.
And with 15mph winds we could still smell cigs, plus something else.
30 min into “Back to the Future” on the big inflatable screen, it blew over and they cancelled it! Drove all the way to the beach in traffic and paid $10 parking for nothing. What a mob it was down there.
And you know it was because he smokes, how? Also, what one considers a foul smell is entirely subjective. Many people find the smell of fields freshly dressed with manure to be foul, I personally look forward to it and do not find it offensive in the least.
I know it was because he smokes because the foul smell smelled like the bottom of a stale ashtray. A former smoker never forgets that smell. Yuck!
Again - totally subjective.
I guess it is all a mater of perspective, none of the former smokers I know have a problem with the smell, most, in fact rather enjoy it. And not a one of them has turned into an anti-smoker nanny statist.
No I don’t think so because they would also include food in that, cars, electric scooters, soda, salt, styrofoam, food donated to the homeless, bicycles, taxis and the 20 billion other things he tried to ban/regulate.
I’m not dictating — just commenting. I wondered if this poor man had any friends, or family, in his life who would tell him how offensive his odor was. You could smell his body odor — (stale ashtray) — his mouth odor — (stale ashtray) — and his hair — (fresh smoke). As he plunked out $6 for a pack of cigs, I wondered how long they would last him. I’m quite sure that he’ll be hitting another store before evening for another pack because the odor was so strong.
I used to smoke myself, I’ve worked in offices with chain smokers, I’ve had family members who were heavy smokers, and I have employees who still smoke (outside). I have never smelled anybody so bad as this poor man. I have to say that hardly anybody around here smokes anymore, so this was startling.
See #35. I don’t believe that anything I wrote would catagorize me as an anti-smoker nanny statist. This man just smelled BAD and it was a stale cigarette smell. I stood far away from him while I waited for him to conclude his purchase.
You seem overly sensitive about the topic. Even King James (of Bible fame) complained about the foul uses of tobacco brought back from the Colonies. He only began to tolerate it when it became a cash crop.
As far as I can see it is not your problem it is his, if he considers it a problem then it is up to him to change his behavior not for you to dictate.
As I said before get a Nose Gay.
Actually the so called “Smoking wars” (AKA War on freedom) are hardly over, I am seeing more and more people smoking these days.
Its nice to see people standing up to fascists and doing as THEY please and not as “Draino” and other minions of the police state say.
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