Quitters....

[caffeinejunkee]

my inflection is not working.

...and this is new and different, how?

[caffeinejunkee]

BTW--I'm glad you no longer force us to breathe your friggin' smoke any longer.  



Wait, my cigars don't count, right?    

[RichD]

...why are overweight people...

Sir, the proper nomenclature is "height/width proportinally challanged individual"
Geeze, you should try to be more sensitive!  

[GeorgeInDallas]

my inflection is not working.

In essence, anything you do to put your body in harms way gives everyone else their right to protect you.  Plainly put it's my life so stay out of it, although I agree with the hand washing very much. 

There is a line in the sand we should never cross and we do it every day.  If smoking is the worst you can do and Nazi's appear from nowhere then why are overweight (notice I used a nicer adjective) people given a pass knowing that causes more health problems than anything else?  Frankly I'm tired of meddlers and the more rope we give the powers to be the closer we are to that noose.  We do this one step at a time and at the end of the yellow brick road we notice it's a dead end.  Live life the way you want - we all know the consequences of riding a bike and we do it anyway despite everyone telling us they know someone who died in an accident.  That's my point.

And stop arguing dammit.

The old saying (and my paradigm) is: "Your rights end where my nose begins."  I think people should smoke if they like - I couldn't care less about their cancer or emphasema (sp?).  HOWEVER, when their smoke hits my nose, that's a problem. 

When people overeat, I don't get fat.  When people drink too much, I don't get drunk.  When someone does dirty needles, I don't get HIV or hepatitis.  But when someone doesn't wash their hands before they prepare my food, I CAN get sick.  And when someone smokes around me, I AM at risk for their disease(s).  I only care about ME... your rights absolutely end where my nose begins.  And vice versa.

(By the way, I love the smell of a good cigar.)

[GeorgeInDallas]

Addendum:  For me, it's not a judgment about smokers or smoking - I used to be one.  It's just a matter of self-preservation. 

I am TOTALLY in favor of personal freedoms, probably well beyond the threshhold of anyone else on this forum (except maybe for Scott), maybe in all of TX.  I am TOTALLY against legislating morality or "values".

Peace.  Love.  Rock'n'roll.

[muskrat]

Would a drunk driver count if he hit someone else?  It's not in your face but nonetheless it affected someone.  Besides those that self inflict damage will not draw as much social security thus improving our balance sheet right?

Anyway my point is everyone should mind their own business including me.  Btw do you think I'm fat?   

[muskrat]

Almost forgot.  If I watch tv and see a pair of boobies can I shut down the tv station or do I have the right to change the channel?  Metaphorically speaking

[GeorgeInDallas]

Why on earth would you want to shut down the TV station... or even blink???

[muskrat]

My point exactly but there's too many sensitive punks in the world we must yet deal with!
Now go eat a tub of lard bt leave me out of it

[muskrat]

Our spinal discs compress as we get older; that's what causes the bulge in the middle, not overeating.  Just fo u Georgie

[Pinocchio]

As Sigmund Freud once said: "sometimes, meine liebschen, a cigar is only a cigar"

[TresGatos]

As annoying as it is, find an incident of someone dying
from second hand smoke. Just sayin....

[muskrat]

As annoying as it is, find an incident of someone dying
from second hand smoke. Just sayin....

does it matter?  they can link anything to smoking just like too much of anything - it causes cancer.

drunk drivers
transfat fried fries you are MADE TO EAT
SMOG
too much clorox

BUT the great state of Cali legalizes pot smoking for "medicinal" purposes and cigars are glorified yet 7 times more toxic than cigs.

When do we stop throwing stones at the glass house?  Maybe I'm the only one fed up with people's self-rightousness

[Cyclone]

Cyclone.....I just sent you pics of my pair, in case you thought I gave up mine in the marriage - NOT. 

Ya vas liubliu

Testy - Testy That's a pair of testys !!   

Love you too bro! 

[muskrat]

big COJONES.  wanna feel'em? 

I like this thread, it should be up past 2,000 posts by now.  DAMMIT!