I think the majority of smokers need to be more considerate and that many anti-smokers need to be a little less outraged by the whole thing. Smoking is on the decline steadily and it won't be that many more years before you can't smoke anywhere in public. (Despite the fact you'll still be able to eat yourself into the hospital all you want.) I think everyone needs to try and be a little more considerate or one another.
That being said, it's not illegal so therefore you can exercise your right to do it, no matter how ignorantly you might choose to. A smoker can smoke (by-laws permitting) or exercise any other rights they have. You can exercise your rights in the same way. If you don't like the way someone else is exercising the same rights that's a matter of opinion. You aren't infringing on someone rights by exercising your own. > Why is it OK to have that attitude on a personal level, but not a corporate one? Well a smoker doesn't personally gain by smoking. A corporation gains a lot by spewing smoke into the air or power companies with high tension power lines. I think that's why there's a difference. -----Original Message----- From: Scott Stroz [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 12:14 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: I am all for gay marriage... See, that is where I think smoker's logic is flawed. They feel that their right to smoke (and produce second hand smoke) outweighs the rights of those who do not want to breathe that second hand smoke. I see it as the opposite, and did when I smoked. Why is it OK to have that attitude on a personal level, but not a corporate one? If you do not want to live near factories spewing smoke into the air, then you can remove yourself from that situation? If you do not want to live near high tension power lines, remove yourself from that situation. On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Michael Grant [Modus IS] <[email protected]>wrote: > > I will grant you that, but if you agree that a smoker had a right to > smoke, > > than common sense would dictate that you would agree a non-smoker has a > > right to not breathe second-hand smoke. > > Well non-smokers do have the right not to breathe in second-hand smoke. > Technically it's your choice to stay in a situation where there is second > hand smoke, and it's also your choice to breathe in that situation. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:283535 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
