Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And here I was thinking you might be one of those who want every form of potential harm banned but wail to high heaven about the Patriot Act which was, of course, enacted to protect us all. As you imply, the government knows best. Sam S Jeffery Smith wrote: >Now, non-smokers are not the only ones who oppose smoking, so those who >favor legislating against smoking include some smokers, who may be VERY >self-indulgent jackasses. We cannot assume that all smokers *favor* the >addiction. When I was a smoker, I would have welcomed making tobacco >illegal, as it would have been too inconvenient and too "verboten" to >continue. Between the years of 1968 and 1979, I must have quit smoking >100 or more times, and only the last time worked. I smoked for about 15 >years, and disliked just about everything associated with it. But >addictive substances can make even the most God-like moralists like Rush >Limbaugh act....in unflattering ways. ;-) > >Jeffery Smith >New Orleans, LA > > >-----Original Message----- >You didn't parse the message the way I intended. The 'self-indulgent, >imposing jackass' I spoke of are those who would legislate smoking. Now, > >I don't know you and you hide behind a screen name, but allow me to >suggest that if you ingest pornography on the Internet you have one hell > >of a nerve worrying about whether your clothes stink. > >Sam S > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > >