Re: [Leica] Homepages / crtique / smoking in the us of a.

[Rei Shinozuka <shino@ubspainewebber.com>]

mikko,

maybe this can explain us kooky americans better:

  "Any sensual pleasure that can be edifying or life-enhancing is
   celebrated.  On the other hand, any pleasure that is counterproductive or
   dangerous is judged harshly.  So exercise is celebrated, but smoking is
   now considered a worse sin than at least 5 of the 10 commandments...
   ...we use the word _guilt_ more often in connection with unhealthy goods--
   high fat, high sodium or high calorie--than in any other context."

                              David Brooks, _Bobos in Paradise_ (2000):

(very funny book, by the way)

- -rei


> From: "Mikko Kalavainen" <mikko.kalavainen@mobiili.net>
> 
> Oooh boy. I didn't think *anyone* would comment on that one... It's
> strange, because here in Finland we still get to smoke quite freely, in
> bars etc...
> I'll see what I can do. I will put out my cigarette if someone asks me
> to in real life, so why wouldn't I do it in the Inertnet also?
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