Posted on 01/04/2008 6:23:42 PM PST by Eric Blair 2084
Good one! :-)
Illogical statement.
Grow a pair and summon up the intestinal fortitude to quit the smelly and obtrusive habit.
Great commentary to win and influence friends and opponents.
Your family and associates will thank you.
No, they won't.
As some one who smoked and drank his way through 45 years of home building and remodeling with a few major projects thrown in on the side, I can only tell ya what the engineer who actually built Seabrook Nuclear Station told me about thirty years ago: "Metesky, there's never been a project built anywhere in the world without drugs and alcohol, and by Jesus we're not gonna start here!"
I have little patience with collectivists whose frame of reference leads to discerning disagreement by an individual as a "lobby".
I am a former smoker, quit now over 20 years.
Get outta here. None of the signs are there.
Was it “hard”? Yes. Do I believe that it was beneficial? Yes, in many ways. Food tastes better, my clothing, vehicles and home do not reek of tobacco smoke and I have not aged prematurely, as have some of my relatives who still light up. My general health is good and I am not wasting money on tobacco products. I have the time, money and stamina to pursue my hobby of woodworking...
As a sign of respect for you as an individual, please allow me to be perfectly forthright with you on this issue: who cares?
as I remodel my house, one room at a time.
I'm sixty years old. This past summer and fall, I helped haul sheetrock up two flights of stairs, then taped, mudded and sanded said sheetrock (3 rooms). After which I primed and painted said rooms. Been smoking for 50 years.
If you are basing it on something entirely different, would you tell us readers the history of your screen name?
"Apeosis" was taken.
:-)
I now realize that your coarseness and crudity knows no bounds. I think it is a defensive, defeatist pathology. You have the makings of a stalker. Do not go down that road.
Get some help.
Innuendo, claims of victimhood and accusations of "stalking" when it was you who initiated the private mail, to which I replied exactly once.
And, as a good Stalinist, disagreement with you is characterized as prima facie evidence of mental illness.
I would propose that it is you in need of help, you coward.
WTF? A true "conservative" doesn't believe in a Police State kicking in the doors of your business and telling you that you can no longer allow adults to engage in smoking. I'm sure there's something you're "addicted" to that I don't like, but I don't get the government to forbid it. You "don't like" smoking. Fine. There are millions of places that are smoke free that you can enjoy. Nobody is "forced" to go into a pub that allows smoking.
Ok, I’ll play your game. Should pubs be allowed? After all, there are alcoholics drinking there. Since your premise is addiction should be forbidden by the government, do you support banning alcohol? Why should I live in a society that would allow that? I don’t want to smell alcohol or listen to loud music. Therefore nobody should be allowed to have a business that permits this.
Now that this is winding down, what can be learned from the 100+ posts?
The Freepers who are observers of these goings on will either be convinced that the aggressive smokers have won the day by their brilliant display of empirical evidence or that they have been boorish participants at best. Let each reader decide for himself.
In the long run, I believe that the smokers will be the losers. Society is moving away from toleration of this intrusive addiction. In to the breach rush the opportunist politicians.
When local and state initiatives are proffered to restrict smoking, most will pass, with passive or active support from conservatives, including many Freepers.
The failure of the more level headed smokers on this thread to reign in the crazies will continue to hurt your cause. Be prepared to reap the whirlwind.
Would you care to elaborate on your disagreement with the "flag and country" crowd? For example, could you explain why it is necessary and proper for the state to prohibit smoking on private property, as opposed to letting property owners set their own policies and leaving consumers free to choose?
You can respond by private mail if you'd prefer.
ROTFLOL Well done, dorothy. I considered “apogee” but rejected that as the height of speculative arrogance on my part. Now I’m off to see if “logorrheic” is a real word and what it means if it is. ;^)
The Crazies? Hey bub, you're the one using police power to ban activities that you don't like. Please give us an example where "crazy smokers" force people to do anything.
It is not often that I see emotions so warp reason. You are in a class of your own.
That would be quite a stinging rebuke if your first post to this thread didn't fit it to a T.
To: Eric Blair 2084Why celebrate an addiction?
Grow a pair and summon up the intestinal fortitude to quit the smelly and obtrusive habit.
Your family and associates will thank you.
14 posted on 01/04/2008 8:36:47 PM MST by Sursum Corda
Gotta go, denizens of the smoky reaches. Its been fun but life calls.
Thank you to those who contacted me privately, both pro and con. Frank, honest and respectful discussion is alive on FreeRepublic, even though much of it must be carried on by Freepmail.
A wee bit fond of yourself,huh?
Quitting smoking sure didn’t make you humble.
What’s next for you,sanctification?
Anti-smoking Nazis = What?
I believe the word may have been “apotheosis.”
Regards,
Or what? Tobacco taxes will be raised? Smoking will be banned in public places, private businesses and private residences? You are extremely uninformed and behind the curve if you think that will happen. It already has.
Perhaps you are entertaining delusions that tobacco will be outlawed altogether?
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