tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post111705740762930977..comments2024-01-28T00:20:40.933-08:00Comments on Agoraphilia: Blowing SmokeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1117068367283231322005-05-25T17:46:00.000-07:002005-05-25T17:46:00.000-07:00I think when people say, "I'd like to quit smoking...I think when people say, "I'd like to quit smoking," they really mean that they'd like to <I>have</I> quit smoking -- i.e., if they could snap their fingers and magically become non-smokers, they would. It's similar to people who say they'd like to lose weight. They'd like to be thin, surely, but whether they'd like it <I>enough</I> to stick to a diet/exercise regimen is a thornier question.<BR/><BR/>In fact, I think the poll is designed to illustrate your exact point. If so many people <I>say</I> they would like to quit smoking, but don't, then it must be very difficult to quit smoking. This provides ammunition to anti-smoking proponents, who can then argue that smoking bans don't restrict freedom, but simply help people do what they "want" to do despite the cost of addiction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1117066808875458472005-05-25T17:20:00.000-07:002005-05-25T17:20:00.000-07:00How a terribly addictive and lethal product like t...How a terribly addictive and lethal product like that is allowed in the market place is beyond me. Alternately, if allowed it should be hidden from view because it is far far worse than picking your nose in public and it is not something that kids should witness. It is quadruple-X rated and far more obsene than any anal sex movie I've ever rented. <BR/><BR/>If the consequences for people who smoke, or smoke near 'innocent victims', or manufacture tobacco products were as severe as the consequences for plagiarism then we might reduce smoking to close to nil where it ought to be. What is worse, smokers who plagiarize or plagiarists who smoke? Stuff that question in your pipe ... <BR/><BR/>Do people realize how stupid they look with a cancer stick in their mouth and smoke coming out of their mouth and nose? They look like they're on fire and should be put out like a smouldering log. Why does no other animal smoke? Because no other animal is that stupid.<BR/><BR/>Oh, about Glen's interesting post: I'll get back to you on that after I return from my smokin' trip to Jamaica.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1117061670730354972005-05-25T15:54:00.000-07:002005-05-25T15:54:00.000-07:00Plus: geex, 5 whole packs in ones life makes you a...Plus: geex, 5 whole packs in ones life makes you a "smoker." That's a pretty low threshold.<BR/><BR/>I have about 2 drinks per month. A similarly defined survey on alcohol would label me a "drinker," though for all practical purposes I can tell people I don't drink (or just rarely).Trent McBridehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00386958284812295485noreply@blogger.com