[r9etb]

This stuff is getting out of control

Yes, it is. Smokers seem to have this insane need to assert that it is their right to bother other people with their fumes. And in this particular case, the smoker seems to think that her right to smoke is more important that the (apparently real) harm it causes the neighbor.

Sorry, I just can't work up any sympathy for a group of folks who insists on doing stupid things to their own bodies, and in so doing makes things unpleasant for the rest of us, too.

[JoJo Gunn]

And I have no sympathy for an anal retentive busybody like you who bleeds for someone complaining about it outdoors.

[LisaMalia]

Yes, it is. Smokers seem to have this insane need to assert that it is their right to bother other people with their fumes. And in this particular case, the smoker seems to think that her right to smoke is more important that the (apparently real) harm it causes the neighbor.

If you *read* the article, you will see that this woman has bent over backwards to be a considerate smoker. She's not going into his home and smoking, and I don't think he owns the air around her home. My take on this thing is that he's a pervert, and probably a stalker.

[alisasny]

FUNNY...I wonder how they complainer got all these lung troubles and emphesema...I BET A FORMER SMOKER. LOL

[NYCVirago]

Yes, it is. Smokers seem to have this insane need to assert that it is their right to bother other people with their fumes. And in this particular case, the smoker seems to think that her right to smoke is more important that the (apparently real) harm it causes the neighbor.

Yeah, smokers have that insane need to be able to smoke on their own property. The nerve of them!

[Jorge]

Smokers seem to have this insane need to assert that it is their right to bother other people with their fumes. And in this particular case, the smoker seems to think that her right to smoke is more important that the (apparently real) harm it causes the neighbor.

Outside?
I can see objecting to smoking in Apts where smoke gets in the hallways and stinks up the Apts of non-smokers...but outside?
Unless this woman is smoking within 10 feet of the neighbor's house and the smoke is coming into his house I think this is ridiculous.

By the way I smoked for 30 years and quit over 4 years ago. Only recently I've found that the smell of smoke bothers me in closed in places.

[ninenot]

I am ceretain you include people who practice homosex, chemical/cancer-causing birth control, and people who disobey the speed limit in your list of:

"....people who do self-destructive things..."

[angkor]

her right to smoke is more important that the (apparently real) harm it causes the neighbor.

It's January. It is now 15 degrees in Akron. Why are their windows open?

You don't see the flaw in their argument???? Seriously?

Did you notice the emphasis the professor puts on his pets? Why is that?

Think it through. This is a con.

[Ghengis]

Yes, it is. Smokers seem to have this insane need to assert that it is their right to bother other people with their fumes. And in this particular case, the smoker seems to think that her right to smoke is more important that the (apparently real) harm it causes the neighbor.

The lady is smoking outside of the condo. If this fellow and his wife are that sensitive, they'd be walking around with respirators on 100% of the time.

Sorry, I just can't work up any sympathy for a group of folks who insists on doing stupid things to their own bodies, and in so doing makes things unpleasant for the rest of us, too.

If the fact that the lady is smoking outside doesn't please these folks, nothing will please them until she stands on the center line of the adjoining highway to smoke.

If you run an air quality test in these complaienrs' condo before, during and after this lady's smoking outside, you would find there is no difference. This is PC piling on, plain and simple.

It does not surprise me that the bitcher used to work in academia.

[XBob]

6 - "This stuff is getting out of control
Yes, it is. Smokers seem to have this insane need to assert that it is their right to bother other people with their fumes. And in this particular case, the smoker seems to think that her right to smoke is more important that the (apparently real) harm it causes the neighbor.

Sorry, I just can't work up any sympathy for a group of folks who insists on doing stupid things to their own bodies, and in so doing makes things unpleasant for the rest of us, too."

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Wow - I really agree about the rights of looney toons - now, "r9"'s make me sick, every time I see that combination, an R and a 9. You need to get off Free Repulic right away, the sight of your 'name' is making me sick. Cough, Cough, Hack, Hack !!!

Please, get off FR, you are making so many of us sick posting that terrible combination of word and number.

[altura]

Oh, shut up... your hot air is adversely affecting my health ...

and somebody has bad breath.

[brewcrew]

If it's all you say it is, then it should be made illegal. Until such time, folks of your ilk need to shut your collective cakehole.

[TigersEye]

Sorry, I just can't work up any sympathy for a group of folks who insists on doing stupid things to their own bodies, and in so doing makes things unpleasant for the rest of us, too.

Funny. That's just how I feel about people who brush their hair or use cell phones while they drive. Or any other activity that takes their attention from the road. I think permanent and irrevocable loss of driving privileges is in order for such selfishness.

[Thumper1960]

Frankly, it's outside, so the anti-smoker is being an a$$. At his age, he'll be dead soon, anyway, form something else. The old dude needs to get a life and an air filter.

[Hotdog]

Then you better move....

[Great Dane]

Yes, it is. Smokers seem to have this insane need to assert that it is their right to bother other people with their fumes. And in this particular case, the smoker seems to think that her right to smoke is more important that the (apparently real) harm it causes the neighbor.

Her right are as important as a that of the fanatic

[Sodbuster]

"Yes, it is. Smokers seem to have this insane need to assert that it is their right to bother other people with their fumes. And in this particular case, the smoker seems to think that her right to smoke is more important that the (apparently real) harm it causes the neighbor.

Sorry, I just can't work up any sympathy for a group of folks who insists on doing stupid things to their own bodies, and in so doing makes things unpleasant for the rest of us, too."

Your arrogance is only surpassed by your ignorance.

[mrfixit514]

Smokers are the most selfish people on the planet. This thread will be covered with people who think they have the right to make other people inhale a substance that is proven to be harmful to your health. There will even be some idiots who will claim that cigarette smoke is not harmful at all because of some anectdotal evidence they have grasped onto to justify it.

[auggy]

"Sorry, I just can't work up any sympathy for a group of folks who insists on doing stupid things to their own bodies, and in so doing makes things unpleasant for the rest of us, too."

I am a smoker and I don't want your damn sympathy. I just want you and your crowd to keep your nose out of my business. If, a person can't go outside and smoke, that's when you A holes are going too far. Excuse my language.

[BJungNan]

Smokers seem to have this insane need to assert that it is their right to bother other people with their fumes.

Do you drive a car? If so, I want you to stop. The exhaust from your tailpipe bothers me.

Do you ever take flights in commercial airliners? If so, I want you to stop. The plumes of thick black exhaust falling on my house bother me.

I'm sorry, but I can't feel sorry for people that want to do so much harm to someone else's body - especially when they can not see that their smoke is every bit as bad as anyone else's.

[Hot Tabasco]

Sorry, I just can't work up any sympathy for a group of folks

Hey, I've been accomodating you and your ilk for the past 15 or so years. You didnt want me in your airplane section so you forced us to move to the back.

then you decided you didn't want us smoking on the plane so you banned us to the terminals. Then you decided you didn't want us smoking in the terminals so you forced us outside. Now you don't even want us outside!

As for businesses, you didn't want us smoking in the common areas so you made us smoke in our offices only.

Then you decided that our private offices still offended you so you made us move to a designated smoking area.

Then you decided that that area was still offensive to you so you forced us outside.

As far as i can tell pal, we smokers have accomodated you assholes every turn of the way!

So, let this be a warning to you: The next smoker you may encounter outside your own private smoke-free establishment may be me. And if you so much as open your mouth about my smoking, you will end up drinking your steaks thru a straw for the next 6 months!

I have had it with you nazis!