HKSaddler wrote:Leamore Saddler wrote:Nicotine is more addictive than heroin but it has, since early Elizabethan times, become socially acceptable and ingrained in our culture. I am a realist and I know that, unfortunately, we could not ban it but there is no reason why we should not copy the Irish Republic and stop the selfish and inconsiderate among smokers from inflicting the foul effects of their dirty habit on others.
This is what ticks me off. You can't just say, stop others from being affected by smoke, you have to add a bunch of pejorative adjectives. Never having met me, you accuse me of being inconsiderate and deliberately killing others (inflicting suggests intent to me anyway). It is also a "dirty" habit in spite of the fact that the cigarettes I smoke are clean and fresh from the packet. They have foul effects on myself and others I'll grant you, but given I have never met you; I've certainly never affected your health in the slightest.
Read very carefully what I said, HKS. "...the selfish and inconsiderate among smokers...". I did NOT say ALL smokers. I know many smokers who always consider other people before deciding whether to light up or not. It is the self-centred addicts who are not in the least bit bothered about other people who p**s me off.