On Jan 2, 2008 7:26 PM, Dinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 2, 2008 8:28 AM, Crow T. Robot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > there have been many arguments about these so called "rights". when > your > > rights to smoke infringes on my rights to not die from second toxic > fumes, > > then yea, the gub'mint should get involved. > > My god! If it were up to people like you, I wouldn't be able to > masturbate in my own home.
Not true - that is on your own personal property - jerk all you want, I say! > > > Assuming you stand by this logic, you're also pro-anti > combustion-engines? And pro-anti whatever else is spewing shit into > our "precious" air? I am not standing 2 feet from an exhaust pipe, there is a difference to me. Also, like someone else said, smoking is not "necessary" in society, whereas transportation is. It has a redeemable quality. > > > You wouldn't have a problem if I ran up and gave you a wet-willy > whilst you were innocently sitting in your (polluting) car at some > stop-light? Honestly, I would, but that would be an annoyance rather than you violating my rights. We'd probably just end up in some physical altercation. Not sure how this is relevant to the conversation at hand tho. > > > Let me guess, you also want all TV to be rated G or below, including HBO, > etc.? HELL NO! I am, for the most part, against most government in my life, but since smokers trample on other's rights to breathe clean air and are for the most part ignorant and boorish about doing it, I feel like there is not much choice than for a governing entity to get involved. > > > *We are capable of making our own decisions, no?* Yes, of course. In this case though, one can argue that the smoker's decision to smoke in a restaurant is directly making my decision to not visit that restaurant. So who really made my decision, me, or the smoker? What about in my office? Do I "make a decision" to either come to work and possibly die 30 years down the road because my co-worker puffs away the day in their cube, or stay home and get fired? > > > (whoever "we" are) > -- > I trust that everything happens for a reason, even when we're not wise > enough to see it. > Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:249521 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
