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From: jrt@hou5f.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Smoking is not "evolution in action"!!!
Message-ID: <311@hou5f.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 24-Jun-83 11:09:55 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 24 11:09:55 1983
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Sorry Byron, I can't totally agree with you.  Yes, alcohol does more
damage to the fetus during pregnancy than does smoking (that may be debatable).
However, once the child is born, alcohol affects no-one physically, except
for the person drinking.  (Yes I agree that over drinking, or drinking and 
driving are dangerous to lots of people)  For the average social drinker,
his couple of drinks, or few of beers, don't bother the people sitting near
him.  They don't have to put up with any 'side-effects' of his drinking.  For
the average smoker however, everyone has to put up with his smoke.  You do
not have a choice of whether to put up with his smoke or not.  You are
being forced to inhale it.  Yes I agree that there may be times when you
may be able to leave the room, or move in an attempt to minimize it, but 
there are also just as many times that you can't.  Movies, meetings, subways,
hallways, they're everywhere !!    Just yesterday, I found myself changing
seats 12 TIMES at the airport.  Someone would come along, sit next to me and
light up a cigarette.  If I DARED to say anything, I was looked at as some
kind of a pervert or monster, and either ignored or abused.  

	I HAVE AN IDEA !!  Why don't non-smokers carry around filled
    water pistols.  When someone lights up a cigarette, we can ask them
    not to smoke, because their smoke is affecting others.  If they
    refuse, because they feel that what they are doing is not bothering
    anyone (from THEIR point of view), then we can pull out the water pistol
    and procede to extinguish their cigarette, because we feel that we
    are not bothering anyone (from OUR point of view).  A little water
    certainly does a lot less damage than some INCONSIDERATE #*%$@'s
    smoke!


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