14th July 2003, 10:08 AM
Except we NEED the sun, and sunlight is actually good for us in moderation! There is no need at all for cigs, ever. *Solid Snake squeezing through laser sensors* Snake: Says you!
I do agree though. Drunk driving is a much more serious threat than second hand smoke exposure. Drinking really helps nothing at all (oh wow, alchohol can clear up arteries, but hey, so can frickin' EXCERCISE) and just pretty much kills. To be honest I have no problem with people hurting their own bodies, but when under the influence, they loose their senses and such. Fortunatly, drinking and driving is already illegal.
Condeming the smoker themselves isn't what laws like these do. Just the act they are doing is being condemned. They can live without their little buzz. They are still plenty welcome so long as they don't do that. They aren't permanently smoking after all! They can just get over themselves and enjoy the world the way the rest of us do! As I said, cancer may or may not be an issue, but smoke in one's lungs does damage that has nothing to do with cancer. It's why people die in fires usually because they are standing instead of risking the hot floor. It's why people who have been smoking for years have terrible coughing fits. It's why people who smoke die young and upon examination one finds blackened almost ashy looking lungs, as opposed to healthy pink lungs. Smoking is a slow killer indeed. It doesn't need to be cancerous at all because it kills in the most obvious way.
I do agree though. Drunk driving is a much more serious threat than second hand smoke exposure. Drinking really helps nothing at all (oh wow, alchohol can clear up arteries, but hey, so can frickin' EXCERCISE) and just pretty much kills. To be honest I have no problem with people hurting their own bodies, but when under the influence, they loose their senses and such. Fortunatly, drinking and driving is already illegal.
Condeming the smoker themselves isn't what laws like these do. Just the act they are doing is being condemned. They can live without their little buzz. They are still plenty welcome so long as they don't do that. They aren't permanently smoking after all! They can just get over themselves and enjoy the world the way the rest of us do! As I said, cancer may or may not be an issue, but smoke in one's lungs does damage that has nothing to do with cancer. It's why people die in fires usually because they are standing instead of risking the hot floor. It's why people who have been smoking for years have terrible coughing fits. It's why people who smoke die young and upon examination one finds blackened almost ashy looking lungs, as opposed to healthy pink lungs. Smoking is a slow killer indeed. It doesn't need to be cancerous at all because it kills in the most obvious way.
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