Anti-Smoking Snob? (Page 3)

I don't know if what I have is a moral superiority as much as it is an intellectual superiority: Here are these people continuing to do a behavior that has been proven to cause health problems and death; quitting is constantly shown as the single best thing you can do to improve your health and increase your life span. Not very bright to continue in the face of that evidence.

Ten-year, two-pack-a-day former smoker here, yes I have lost several close relatives and friends to smoking-induced diseases, watched an uncle drag an oxygen tank around for two years before the emphysema killed him, yet he never quit the habit. Yes, I have some not-so-great habits, but none that have been proven as big of a health hazard. Certainly can't help but feel like a freakin' genius compared to any smoker.

kanoelani - 2005-05-25 6:36 AM For all you SUV lovers out there. Silverado now has a hybrid truck thats V8 but when you get to cruising speed it shuts off half of the engine. Better gas mileage (still not as good as a car, but I don't expect everyone to give up their luxuries, I'm not giving up my coffee ) Also Lexus has got a Hybrid luxury SUV they are coming out with 35mpg leather interiors. .

And how many kidneys will I have to sell to afford either one of those?

How do you guys find time to train with all this moral debate? 

And shouldn't this thread be moved to the Cup O' Joe forum?

No, but let's start an anti-coffee-drinker thread over there.

(get it? Cup O'Joe?) 

Whatever you do, don't bash soda pop! We don't want another implosion.

I don't feel superior to smokers. I just think it's gross, like if I stood next to someone who had BO. Cleanup! However, I don't agree with the criminalization of tobacco (or marijuana, even though I've never inhaled), morbid though I find the habit to be. I do enjoy having an ice cold beer without having to breathe smoke, tho'.

My original intent was to just cruise thru this thread and not say anything, but after reading some of the tangential posts here, I am going to climb on my anti-anti smoking snob(ASS) soap box. 

The ASS's seem to think that they do nothing that offends others...your constant complaining about how boned up our government is offends the hell out of me...ya don't like it, run for office or head for another country, we won't miss you! Sir, you cologne offends me; Ma'am, you have so much perfume on that I can't breath in the elevator; You who drink (yes, even just 1 beer) and drive, you scare and endanger me more than any smoker ever could, same goes for those who talk on the cell phone while driving and forget they are operating a 3000lb weapon.

I smoke: I will not smoke in your house(or mine), I pick up my butts, I do not smoke around children (mine or yours), I do not flick my butt (cigarette) out the car window, I am doing something that is legal and within my rights as an American citizen.  Do not presume that all smokers are incosiderate, careless slobs, and do not lump me in with that group, you do not know me.

Hybrid Cars...check on repair parts/labor cost?  Hydrogen power...you wanna drive a bomb, go ahead.  In SoCal traffic that is asking for trouble....

I do not begrudge anyone thier right to express an opinion, I have fought for that right for you for 20 years.  In turn, I reserve the right to counter your opinion with my own. I guess that I am just a Redneck Republican at heart who thinks there is tooooo much energy spent on whining in this country that could be better utilized on something productive. Sooo...with that being said, I apologize for the disjointed organization of this post, but not for the content.  I am sure I will be bashed by a Kerry-Edwards Democrat, but that's O.K. I can take it......

Oh, and to AlBearAngel: The only advice I can offer is for you to avoid public locations where smoking is not against the law.  Remember, we smokers have rights too.

Uhhhh ok... but hydrogen cars = safe. It's just another fuel. A fuel that will make us less dependent on foreign oil. YEEHAW!!!!

Aren't you guys building a hydrogen highway in Cali?

Whizzer - 2005-05-25 2:49 PM Don't bash lipstick either!!!

Y'all just want to take all the joy out of my life, don't y'all?

Well, of course it's still shakey - all new technology is shakey. The first automobile was shakey. You don't just give up because we haven't perfected it - we would never have made it to the moon if we did that and nor would we be driving cars!

The bottom line with oil is that its a finite source and the closer we get to tapping out, the more expensive it will get. Hydrogen is clean, CHEAP, and we'll never run out of it. Did you know that you can buy a hydrogen fuel pump to store in your garage to fuel up? Say goodbye to gas stations! There is no down side to hydrogen. More jobs, cleaner environment, cheaper fuel.

Sing after me: Now is the time! Now is the best time! (and if you get that reference, I'll give you a big blue star!).

The hydrogen economy is coming, baby!!

I wonder why that bothers some people. Hmmm..