Thread: What kind of a world do we live in.....

True, but it wouldn't be very nice to leave out the smokers when everyone else gets treated. Many illnesses are preventable anyway. It is screwed up though when people smoke a pack a day then wonder why they get the lung and throat maladies they have.

What kind of a world do we live in where people blame the world they live in for their problems!

Originally Posted by sidneykidney

.... where we tax those who smoke cigarettes and use the money to pay for (amongst other things) our national health service (in the UK) which will treat your (and others) lung cancer/asthma which you continue to exacerbate with your smurfin smoking!!!!

Whats wrong with that, If they are paying additional taxes why shouldnt they get additional service. This is not a pro smoker post, just trying to see the logic?

Originally Posted by nun2sharp

Whats wrong with that, If they are paying additional taxes why shouldnt they get additional service. This is not a pro smoker post, just trying to see the logic?

Umm, passive smoking? I mean thanks all the same but if the smoker doesnt smoke around others then lung-related issues in passive smokers will be lessened....

.... you know TBH I could rant about this but it would be getting us off topic and today I had a smurf day and i'd just be taking things out on you lot. Which I dont want to do. So i'm not going to follow up any more posts related to this.

Thanks.

What kind of a world do we live in when society dictates what people can or cannot breathe?

Honestly, a man can put Sodom to shame these days but the minute he wants a smoke he's hung, drawn, and quartered. Thanks anti-smoking, anti-humanity fascists; enjoy the extra ten or twenty years you'll have on this miserable rock.

You think that's bad? My university has banned all tobacco products anywhere on campus, including outside and even in your car. That's right: university PD can pull you over and give you a ticket for using any tobacco, including chewing and dipping.

Originally Posted by Quick Orange

You think that's bad? My university has banned all tobacco products anywhere on campus, including outside and even in your car. That's right: university PD can pull you over and give you a ticket for using any tobacco, including chewing and dipping.

Smoke in your car. Call the ACLU. Retire Rich!!!! The courts already have precedents stating that your car is your personal property and that outside interests have no legal right to control what you do or do not do there.

I don't think they can regulate you outside of a building either, If you can light up a flag on campus you should be able to light up a fag.

Originally Posted by Wildtim

I don't think they can regulate you outside of a building either, If you can light up a flag on campus you should be able to light up a fag.

depends on if it's public or private. private universities can do whatever they want, include restricting free speech, to the extent that they can expel you for it... no legal juridiction, but the threat of expulsion. there are more rules concerning what schools that run on public money can and cannot do, but i am not as familiar with those.

Originally Posted by Wildtim

Smoke in your car. Call the ACLU. Retire Rich!!!! The courts already have precedents stating that your car is your personal property and that outside interests have no legal right to control what you do or do not do there.

I don't think they can regulate you outside of a building either, If you can light up a flag on campus you should be able to light up a fag.

You might have an idea there...

Maybe it's time for me to get a pipe and start driving around with it

EDIT: Gotta link to these court rulings? I looked around a little (not a lot, but it wasn't promising) and didn't find much else than Cali banning it.

Originally Posted by sidneykidney

.... where you need a licence to own a firearm, a licence to own a pet


.... but no such licence to be a parent?


If you guys have some other observations of global lunacy then by all means follow this post up.

You know, the old t-shirt slogans were correct: Stupid People Shouldn't Breed."