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From: tim@ihlpf.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: "Re: Re: "Re: Smoking . . . (Slow Motion - (nf)"
Message-ID: <135@ihlpf.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 15-Jun-83 18:00:48 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 15 18:00:48 1983
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ihlpf!burris    Jun 15 10:10:00 1983

All right Tim, it is obvious that you are not going to listen to
reasonable explanations but I will try once more.

1. I do not have any allergies.

2. Contact lenses fogging is not a medical condition to see a doctor
about.

3. The eyes burn and nose naturally runs whenever it is presented with
irritants (i.e. smoke of ANY kind).

4. I have recently been examined and certified as healthy by a
doctor.

5. I and my family have no history of psychosomatic illnesses.

6. It has been well established that the sense of smell affects the
taste of food.

7. Cigarette smoke smells! 

It is obvious that you are too biased on this subject to present
REASONABLE arguments. To demand SCIENTIFIC proof that cigarette
smoke is an irritant is similar to demanding the same for car
exhausts or tear gas. Even an idiot can figure out when something is
causing them discomfort. If I hit you on the toe with a hammer do
you need scientific proof that it hurts before you will feel the pain?
I have known many smokers whose eyes burn and water when the smoke
from THEIR cigarettes get in THEIR eyes. 

I will continue to fight for legislation to ban smoking in ENCLOSED
PUBLIC PLACES and continue to rally support for this legislation. I
don't give a tinker's d*** if you wish to cause yourself discomfort
and propigate poor health upon yourself and I will support your
right to do so. But your right stops where it interferes with my
right to breathe clean air. By the way, I am also in favor of other
anti-pollution legislation, in case you want to start on the exhaust
and factory fumes crap.

Any further discussion about my state of health or mind should be
directed to me not the net!

Dave Burris
ihlpf!burris
BTL - Naperville