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jayswin · 05-21-2008, 03:34 PM

Do es anyone else think we will look back on this in 20 years and laugh the way we do now about other "rights" smokers had?

Remember when there was Doctors who smoked in their office, and certain brands of cig's were endorsed by Doctors'? Now we laugh and say "God, I can't believe people thought that was normal, acceptable behavior back then"

..or when smoking ni Airplanes was normal practice?...and now we say "what, I couldn't imagine being stuck in a plane for 5 hours with smoke all around me, they catually allowe that back then?"

I truley believe in twenty years, we will look back and say "oh my god, people were legally allowed to smoke in their cars with their children present?, and there were parents stupid enough to do this? Were they trying to ensure their kid would grow up and get cancer?"

or "Wow, they had bars that were full of people smoking back then? That's insane, could you imagine the health risks associated with that, and man people must have smelled like ass when they left those bars, lol. Man people sure were stupider back then"

I guess I just don't understand smokers. I realize it's an addiction, but can't they just admit how brutal it is and move on. It feels like everytime I have an argument with a smoker, they have some stupid justification for everything, and if you get them backed into a corner, they just hit you with "yeah, well, it's my right, no one can tell me how to live"

I personally dream of a world were smokers have no rights (in terms of smoking), where they can't smoke in their car with kids persent (because that's stupid), where they can't smoke in their own house with kids present (because that's stupid), where they can't smoke anywhere near people who don't smoke in public, where they just have smokers cages (like the one at the airport) where all the smokers are hearded in, and can inhale their smoke together.

Smokers will say this is the most ridiculous thing they've ever heard, but I truley believe we won't be far off from this in 30 to 40 years, and smokers will still be complaining about every little thing that's taken away from them along the way, until one day, when everyone will look back at this century and say "wow, they had sticks full of crap that you inhaled into your body, by lighting it on fire, and leting smoke go down your lungs?.... and a larghe percentage of the population actually did this?...and you could buy them at conveniance stores? what the hell was wrong with the world back then.?

Sorry for the offending rant, but when you see people die at an early age, due to smoking, it just hits too close to home.

05-21-2008, 03:34 PM	#118
jayswin Celebrated Square Root Day Join Date: Mar 2006 Exp:	Do es anyone else think we will look back on this in 20 years and laugh the way we do now about other "rights" smokers had? Remember when there was Doctors who smoked in their office, and certain brands of cig's were endorsed by Doctors'? Now we laugh and say "God, I can't believe people thought that was normal, acceptable behavior back then" ..or when smoking ni Airplanes was normal practice?...and now we say "what, I couldn't imagine being stuck in a plane for 5 hours with smoke all around me, they catually allowe that back then?" I truley believe in twenty years, we will look back and say "oh my god, people were legally allowed to smoke in their cars with their children present?, and there were parents stupid enough to do this? Were they trying to ensure their kid would grow up and get cancer?" or "Wow, they had bars that were full of people smoking back then? That's insane, could you imagine the health risks associated with that, and man people must have smelled like ass when they left those bars, lol. Man people sure were stupider back then" I guess I just don't understand smokers. I realize it's an addiction, but can't they just admit how brutal it is and move on. It feels like everytime I have an argument with a smoker, they have some stupid justification for everything, and if you get them backed into a corner, they just hit you with "yeah, well, it's my right, no one can tell me how to live" I personally dream of a world were smokers have no rights (in terms of smoking), where they can't smoke in their car with kids persent (because that's stupid), where they can't smoke in their own house with kids present (because that's stupid), where they can't smoke anywhere near people who don't smoke in public, where they just have smokers cages (like the one at the airport) where all the smokers are hearded in, and can inhale their smoke together. Smokers will say this is the most ridiculous thing they've ever heard, but I truley believe we won't be far off from this in 30 to 40 years, and smokers will still be complaining about every little thing that's taken away from them along the way, until one day, when everyone will look back at this century and say "wow, they had sticks full of crap that you inhaled into your body, by lighting it on fire, and leting smoke go down your lungs?.... and a larghe percentage of the population actually did this?...and you could buy them at conveniance stores? what the hell was wrong with the world back then.? Sorry for the offending rant, but when you see people die at an early age, due to smoking, it just hits too close to home.