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Termyn8or -> RE: RANT, a big one ! Feel free to join in. (11/14/2006 11:00:45 AM)
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Candy;
We really should go hit a bar while we can still puff our guts out and watch people drop like flies around us.
meatcleaver;
Just where do you live, I think I want to move there.
Everybody;
OK, it wasn't just the smoking ban that prompted my rant. And it was a rant. The fact that voters pass a total smoking ban and in the very same election decide to suck us for 30 cents a pack for the arts was a bit much.
I would expect such actions from a tyrannical government seemingly filled with meglomaniacs, but the people ? The people ?
This action shows a callous disregard of others' rights by THE PEOPLE. This action shows that THE PEOPLE are totally willing to take what is not theirs, using big brother to get it.
THAT is what pisses me off. The issue isn't really smoking, it is much deeper than that. OK, you gonna pay 30 cents a pack and can't smoke anywhere. I would expect that from the government.
I think prostitution is wrong. Although some prostitutes really enjoy their work, I still think it is wrong. As an American Citizen what should I do ? Should I impel the government to impose the stiffest of penalties on prostitutes or should I simply let them be, and not use their services ?
I think that abortion is murder, plain and simple. If a Woman aborted MY son or daughter I would surely kill her without losing a wink of sleep over it. At the very least she should come to my door, point at her "condition" and say "do you want this ?". At the very least. Abortion is murder, plain and simple, and I am all for it. If neither Parent gives a damn, go right ahead. Abortion is murder, and if you are willing to murder your own kids, please do so that I don't have to gun them down in the middle of the night as they attempt to rob my house. Think of all the money you'll save not having to feed the budding psychopath for 16 years or so.
Heroin is bad, as an American Citizen I am doing my part against heroin by not using it. I have been told that it makes you a slave to it, so my informed decision was to never do heroin. Those of you who do use heroin though, I think it should be cheaper, and available in stores to legal adults. You may kill yourself with it, I simply have decided not to.
Personal responsibility is being taken away. Car insurance makes it OK for people to drive like assholes. Candy, get on I 90 at rush hour and remember that Cleveland proper has lost alot of people in the last few decades. Look at the traffic jam. It is not caused by the sheer volume of traffic like it is in a real city. It is caused by people who have to get ahead at all cost, they have to get past the car in front of them. Once they do they find they have 50 feet to get over four lanes to get to their exit. Since they can't speed up to change lanes because they allow one inch following distance for every 100 MPH they must slow down. Guess what, everyone behind them must slow down. Thus it seems to others that there are three times as many cars on the road, but it is one asshole ΒΌ mile up who fucked up and needs to get over. Of course the other assholes will not let him over, because their time is more valuable.
Because of health insurance nobody needs to think about what they eat. You can live on mallow cups and the doctor will fix it. Because of house insurance you can leave your lighter on the coffee table for toddlers to play with. Because of workman's comp you can allow or even cause dangerous conditions for your employees, as long as it makes you money.
Are you getting my drift yet ? Americans especially, have learned not to look deeper. Just look at the surface issues, not the cause. Doctors treat symptoms, they do not cure disease. And we as a people seem to be following suit.
I have stated that I might just quit smoking because of money. I can afford the two grand a year, it doesn't mean shit, but where it goes does. If I don't stop, I might slow down considerably. A pack of Winston really costs about 50 cents, the rest is taxes. These taxes are going to people who do not support nor represent me.
I totally dismiss the health aspect of smoking. I mean it. If you can't stand cigarette smoke you were not raised right, you were too sheltered. If second hand smoke kills you then the strong will survive. To use the word again : perspective. Have you ever gone camping and sat around a campfire ? Have you ever had a cookout ? What about all the toxins in the air on the fourth of July ? What about that deisel truck that just went by, did you smell it ? Did you like the smell ?
I recently hooked back up with an old friend and he brought something up not too long ago that I had totally forgotten about. We used to work out and spar a long time ago and he taught me most of what I know about the martial arts. We were sitting around, my basic Saturday night crowd and he said (referring to me) "I kicked this motherfucker in the chest across a twenty foot room, over the coffee table and into a couch, and he ran right back up and said 'do it again', so I did".
See I have had breathing problems all my life, even before I started smoking and I have this Mother who started gradually punching me in the stomach harder and harder. As a result I was able to have a 200 lb person stand on my chest as I smoked a cigarette. At age 44 I was doing it and coughed, and as a result got 5 broken ribs, not when I coughed, but when I laxed just a bit to inhale afterward. I lost my tone for a split second and it was enough.
Most people could never engage in these activities. So in a way I must agree, expecting others to be able to handle a smoking environment might be too much for them. They should also stay out of traffic jams and away from campfires and cookouts.
I would never intentionally hurt someone who is not my enemy, but just how far do I need to go to protect them ?
T
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