Aren't we going OT now?
I have an urge to say that I don't feel that my smoking habits are the real
issue. To me, this seems like a smokescreen (pun intended) cowering the
real
debate.
But by all means, bash on if you feel uncomfortable debating.
Tim
How can you go OT on an OT? :-)
Actually I think Bill's point is relevant. Why? Because we tend to view our
own behavior as acceptable and normal and expect others to do the changing.
However when the finger points back at us, we're uncomfortable.
While little old you smoking X cigarettes a day may have a negligible effect
on pollution on a global scale (just like other single persons taking long
showers or driving gas-guzzling SUV's), it has a much larger effect when we
shrink the picture down a little or when we look at the cumulative effect.
Your behavior is clearly dichotomous... Wanting to save the planet while at
the same time almost assuredly shortening the time span of your existence on
it, both lessening your time to enjoy it and the time you might have to make
a difference.
The cost in health care and missed productivity due to smoking related
ailments is huge. Next calculate how much time and energy (human and fossil
fuel) is wasted annually in an industry that essentially provides a delivery
method for a drug that induces a slow suicide. Then there's the smoking
mothers whose babies may have future health issues and possible lower IQ's,
putting a bigger drain on health care and education systems.
I'm not bashing you. I'm not criticizing you. You work in the social
welfare field though and are sure aware of the implications of one's
personal behavior. OK, I just had to get that little one in. :-)
Tom C.
> On 12/28/06, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tim Øsleby" Subject: RE: Doomsday is coming upon us?
>>
>>
>>> Agreed. That's why I smoke outside rain or cold. You could argue
>>> that I
>>> pollute the environment. That's true, but I don't think it is
>>> significant.
>>
>> Tim, this is pretty much the argument that you have been on the
>> other side
>> of.
>> No one person makes a significant impact, so why should any one
>> person
>> change their habits, be it driving a large vehicle, taking long
>> hot showers
>> or whatever else they do that is environmentally harmful?
>>
>> William Robb
>>
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