12-14-2002, 12:22 AM
Anyone who knows me thinks that I personally think smoking is terrible waste of money, as wealth as taxing on your health, but I have never, EVER condemmed anyone for smoking, I made my choice, you make yours.....Which is what really bothers me about this, because it is just about as unamerican as you can get....Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, unless someone is offended, unless a few groups complain about it, unless unless unless.
I love this country, but we are going down the shitter faster than Rosie O'Donnell goes through a box of Ho-Hos. We had a perfect compromise going, smoking and non-smoking sections, why wasn't that good enough? We are no longer stopping illegal activities, we have resorted to banning LEGAL substances, what the Hell is wrong with this country? Why are people sitting idly by while civil liberties are being violated left and right? Because all of us have the same mentality, a little bit of my liberty gone for my own personal fucking safety. What's next, do we plan on banning fatty meats because they are unhealthy? You laugh, but if you traveled back in time and told someone from the 20s or 50s that one day smoking would be banned in certain areas, they would laugh and have you declared insane.
Now the second part of this that worries me, in a country where people are struggling left and right to keep a job, pay their bills etc, etc, etc we have now passed something that WILL probablly affect buisnesses. Why go out if you aren't allowed to smoke in a bar, why go out for that nice meal if you can't enjoy a cigarette afterwards? For a society that is worried more and more about kids and adults staying home rather than socialise, we sure are doing alot to make sure people stay at home.
But after saying all that, I forsee this being repealed in a few years, because they will see that it is not cost-effective, and in the end this country still bows down to the allmighty dollar bill.
I love this country, but we are going down the shitter faster than Rosie O'Donnell goes through a box of Ho-Hos. We had a perfect compromise going, smoking and non-smoking sections, why wasn't that good enough? We are no longer stopping illegal activities, we have resorted to banning LEGAL substances, what the Hell is wrong with this country? Why are people sitting idly by while civil liberties are being violated left and right? Because all of us have the same mentality, a little bit of my liberty gone for my own personal fucking safety. What's next, do we plan on banning fatty meats because they are unhealthy? You laugh, but if you traveled back in time and told someone from the 20s or 50s that one day smoking would be banned in certain areas, they would laugh and have you declared insane.
Now the second part of this that worries me, in a country where people are struggling left and right to keep a job, pay their bills etc, etc, etc we have now passed something that WILL probablly affect buisnesses. Why go out if you aren't allowed to smoke in a bar, why go out for that nice meal if you can't enjoy a cigarette afterwards? For a society that is worried more and more about kids and adults staying home rather than socialise, we sure are doing alot to make sure people stay at home.
But after saying all that, I forsee this being repealed in a few years, because they will see that it is not cost-effective, and in the end this country still bows down to the allmighty dollar bill.