Yes, I smoke

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Originally posted by Wren57
Never claimed to be inhaling cleaner air outside... merely while enjoying a meal out somewhere I didn't have to cook.

Americans spent more money than they earned last year... first time in a LONG time this has happened. If people didn't spend $38b on cigs, they'd spend it on something else... like maybe a gym membership or something worthwhile. Thats how the economy works. Stats show people don't save money, so if you give them more money (remove cigs from their vice list), they will spend that saved money elsewhere, spurring the economy from a different direction.

I don't give a shit if you smoke outside or in your house, but inside in a public place is just rude. I wouldn't fart in an elevator (and I'm sure if 23% of people farted every time they entered a crowded elevator, they'd outlaw that too) and I wouldn't smoke next to an old lady eating a sandwich. It is simple courtesy, but trashy disrespectful fucks such as yourself weren't courteous enough to refrain from sharing your cancer with others, so laws had to be made. You couldn't govern your own behavior for the best of society, so the gov't did.

Only 23% of Americans smoke you stupid fuck. You are the minority and the majority makes the decisions. Fucking deal with it or go to France*.

http://www.acde.org/common/Tobacco.htm

If you want to argue/debate, do it like a man and use facts... not your "I have no friends to give me counter-opinions so I think I'm right at everything" female-styled emotional debate. Think I'm a close-minded jackass? I live with a socialist and a conservative hippy. Chew on that.

Wow...that was refreshing. You kids need to calm down. I'm having fun with this, but if it gets that out of hand I'll lock it down. That goes for you too, Mike. I mean it...I'll turn this car around.

See? Act like children, get treated like children.

On a side note. Wren...I AM governing my own behavior. Just because it's in a manner that you deem to be unfit doesn't matter. It's a personal freedom to do as I see fit. The government has no right to legislate it (or at least they shouldn't...for reference, see: "eminent domain"). If I had a dime for every report I had read in the past few years saying that second hand smoke isn't nearly as bad for you as people used to think, I'd have a shitload of dimes. I'm not "sharing my cancer" with anyone...they have the right to get up and walk away if it's offensive. Is it rude to think like that? Probably. Do I care? Not in the least. That's why I'd make such a great politician. I enjoy pissing people off, but unlike most politicians I'd do it outright. No dancing around it and shit. I'd punch babies and draw pictures of Hitler wrapped in foil pissing on Jesus just so when I did normal stuff people would be all relieved. Or something. That'd be so awesome.