Pssst! Wanna burn one???
Paz
on 3/20/01 8:06 PM, Kathryn Herrity at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> colin and MG,
>
> O.K. I know I am biased on this subject being a rather defiant (but
> hopefully never rude) smoker myself. I see how she broke the rules in
> Saskatoon and at the Tribute but how grevious was the effect in reality?
> She lit up one or two in the gallery - I don't think Gilles, who was close
> to her could have cared less, and the amount of smoke was not enough to ruin
> the gallery environment. Smoke can affect paintings, but in this case, they
> were her own, and no doubt subjected to years of her smoke anyway. Maybe it
> was rude to the reporters? Most of them were international and most
> countries outside the U.S. don't make as big a deal about secondhand smoke
> that we do. She was probably anxious about the show, she is admittedly
> quite addicted, and it was her big day, so in that perspective, I don't
> think I would call her out on it. As for the Tribute, again I don't think
> one cigarette up in her balcony with Donald and friends was so egregious.
> Last I knew smoking inside was allowed in New York (although perhaps not in
> that venue). I'm not trying to excuse her and say she is above the rules,
> but I have seen so many people go way over the top in their zealotry against
> smokers. One can smoke outside in downtown L.A. 50 feet away from the
> nearest human being, and there is bound to be a person who will start loudly
> coughing and complaining. This is where I agree with colin - why aren't
> they more concerned with the general air pollution in downtown L.A., which
> is equivalent to smoking a pack and a half a day, or worse yet, the
> particulate matter emissions from cars that everyone commuting to work is
> subjected to on the freeways and streets every day? Some people are so
> hypocritcal. I've had some people who I know to regularly smoke pot start
> coughing around me smoking OUTSIDE, complaining about their lung and
> bronchial problems. I've known others who are selective with whom they
> reprimand like an ex-snoker woman I know who only goes after the easy mark
> to make a big scene about their smoking but who will also have one herself
> if it's with a new guy she is attracted to. I would bet Joni has either
> experienced or witnessed some of these same situations and I think it does
> stoke her defiance a bit. Bottom line is people should be so zealous about
> tackling the more important big issues, IMHO. <rant off> ;-)
>
> Kakki
