Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If there is no smoking section, I won't smoke. If somebody would ask me to stop smoking in a place where there are no clear signs, I probably would. But if there is a smoking section, I will smoke. And I'd expect the restaurant owner to have a good airconditioning system so that those who don't smoke, won't be bothered. --- > From: David Mason <dcm@pobox.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 16:29:10 -0400 > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] a new one > > Philippe Orlent wrote: > >> I made the ashtray series. And I smoke. >> And I know smoking kills. And you don't have to try to convince me to stop. >> However, when I smoke, and if in presence of others, I always ask if it >> bothers them. And if it does, I just don't smoke. > > Do you go up to non-smokers in a bar or restaurant and ask if its ok? If > they say no, do you ask all the other smokers to stop? > > I could care less if you smoke, but 1) I don't want to pay for your > medical bills when the cigarettes come back up to greet you (if you have > health insurance, I will) and 2) I don't want my asthma to explode > simply because I want to enjoy a bar or restaurant that you, or another > smoker, happens to be smoking in. > > This is the crux of the argument for me. Its not about trying to curb > your right to smoke, its more to enjoy my right to breathe. > > > Dave > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >