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DistressedAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 01:49 PM Original message |
Who The Hell Declared The Smoking Wars Underway? |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. This is "General Discussion" |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 01:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. You're just saying that because you started it. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 02:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. haha True |
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Kingshakabobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 02:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. LOL. |
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Norquist Nemesis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
2. Agree wholeheartedly! n/t |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
3. Its balls to the wall news in the New Orleans area |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
5. It's an important issue if your city or state is instituting a ban |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
6. The health nazis are our "taliban". |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 02:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. yeah, they really drive me nuts. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 03:33 AM Response to Reply #8 |
26. Oh yeah. Everybody knows the nazis were big on hand-washing. |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 02:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. I know what's best for me, and that is not being exposed to 2ndhand |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 03:25 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. But don't you see that there's a substantial difference between your |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 03:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. You're really arguing at a ridiculous level. If I were spraying peanut |
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Lindacooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 03:39 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Thank you!!!! |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 06:57 PM Response to Reply #14 |
60. Some people here are NOT Democrats. They're Libertarians. |
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Lindacooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 03:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. That's ridiculous. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 03:59 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. It is all the same. Every totalitarian government in recorded history |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 03:05 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. No one has said you cannot continue to smoke, as long as your smoke |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 12:57 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. Thank you for totally ignoring the point. |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 04:15 PM Response to Reply #22 |
45. Would you agree to stay away from places where smokers |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 03:26 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Every good government tries to protect people from being |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 12:57 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Name one or these so-called "good governments", please. n/t |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 02:01 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. I don't understand your question. Are you about to announce that |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 03:08 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. "Government is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 03:20 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. That's because I figured your response would be that there is no |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 03:29 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. That is my view, I would just like to know what your view of a good |
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DistressedAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 03:34 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. I See You Two Have Completely Missed The Point Of My OP. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 04:11 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Maybe a little... |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 07:00 PM Response to Reply #24 |
62. The Libertarian trolls are out in force today. You're tangling with one. |
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Protagoras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 06:43 PM Response to Reply #17 |
58. What sort of government announces it's doing LESS than |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 03:08 AM Response to Reply #13 |
23. Well, I'm sure you'd agree Repubs shouldn't be allowed to tamper |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 01:25 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. Of course that is wrong, in fact, it is illegal, and that is the point. |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 06:07 PM Response to Reply #32 |
54. You keep claiming people want to outlaw tobacco and tobacco products. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 07:04 PM Response to Reply #32 |
63. None of us wants to outlaw tobacco products. SOME of us would be |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 05:05 PM Response to Reply #13 |
51. For restaurant staff, a restaurant = the office |
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Protagoras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 06:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
57. Yeah evil health professionals and non smokers |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 06:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
59. I'm a "health nazi" for resenting the fact that you are forcing me to |
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patdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
9. I think they are called 'Distractors in Chief'? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 03:32 AM Response to Reply #9 |
25. Smoking bans do cause changes in our lives. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 07:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
64. The ban on smoking in the workplace in CA has sure changed MY life. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
12. Smokers did |
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AnnInLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
18. I'll Second That Emotion |
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hogwyld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
19. The American Taliban is alive and well |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 05:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Liar! Liar! Pants on fire! Rob Reiner has personally assured me that you |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 07:09 PM Response to Reply #19 |
65. Yeah, the nerve of trying to protect workers' lungs!!!!!!! |
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IdaBriggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
20. Maybe because it *is* kind of pointless, its fun to argue about in a |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 03:35 AM Response to Original message |
27. So now we have two smoking threads. Shall we add a spitting thread, too? |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 07:34 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. For the record, I'm generally against spitting. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 12:56 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. My dog would like you. |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 04:05 PM Response to Reply #29 |
41. Perhaps, but only until I blamed him for the free-floating gas cloud. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 04:11 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. LOL! LOL! LOL! |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 04:58 PM Response to Reply #41 |
50. My dog would blow your cover, then. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
35. If you smoke it doesn't bother you, if you don't it stinks to high heaven. |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 03:40 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. A lot of non-smokers enjoy the smell of tobacco |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 04:07 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. I like the smell of tobacco. Not a smoker. |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 04:19 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. They are outnumbered but vocal. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 05:13 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. That'd be a great talking point. |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 06:31 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. I think they just have a better diet and environment in Europe. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 04:41 PM Response to Reply #39 |
49. People traditionally burn things so the smell reminds them of |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 06:32 PM Response to Reply #49 |
56. There's scientific evidence |
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Balbus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
40. Richard Carmona aka the surgeon general |
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guinivere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
47. Because it's easier to try to control a group of people (smokers) |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
48. It is a "red herring" issue dividing DU. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
53. Because workers' rights isn't a pointless issue |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
61. You know, I've been reading DU for a few years and |
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