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Originally Posted by SeoulFire
That would be great if we were talking about those addictions...but we are not. Considering the dependence rating (higher than heroin, cocaine, alcohol, caffeine, and marijuana - dated study and I am not sure if it has been changed/updated) I think it is relatively safe to assume that you will not get a reasonable/rational answer from smokers. It basically comes down to rationalizing an irrational act.
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So you're comparing heroin, a drug that people literally kill, prostitute, steal etc for, to nicotine, a drug that people...purchase legally at their local 7/11.
How are those remotely similar?
Comments like "well when you're dealing with that kind of addict" make no sense. This is the same stuff I addressed earlier. Yes, nicotine is addicting. No it is not "just like crack" and one of "those" types of addictions. Study or no study that is bull####. Smoking has never ruined someone's life the way coke/heroin have. Yes they may die, but smokers know that. They may even rationalize it with crap like "well, we all die" but that isn't the point.
The point is that there is no "illness of addiction". That has absolutely nothing to do with smoking in a doorway. I'm blown away anyone could even make that link.
This is about people being inconsiderate dicks. Always has. Throwing out the other comments about cancer and addiction is just a way to heavily slant your argument.
There is no business talking about smokers like that. It is laughable. I have personally seen people empty their bank account and sell their truck for an 8ball. People have done many illegal things to get hard drugs, including murder, prostitution, violence etc.
I have never heard of someone killing a Macs employee because they couldn't afford smokes.
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Originally Posted by Cheese
your right...plowing through a group of coffee drinkers standing in front of a Timmies is EXACTLY the same thing as a group of smokers! That vile coffee smell gets infested in my suit.
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I'm not sure that we're on the same page. Or you quoted the wrong guy.