lolz. Thats so stupid. Meat is necessary to live, it is a food. Nicotine is a drug that you get hooked on. In no way is there a "need" for it in order to live.

I wouldn't be complaining if I owned tobacco companies though... Making billions off of people who are too stupid to realize they are shortening their lives...

 

Stupid? Need meat to live? Cholesterol can absolutely shorten lives.

Don't get me wrong smoking is not a good thing and it certainly kills but so do many other things. Heck even smog from cars kill people.

My point is that once you start banning things because they are bad for people directly or by misuse. When do you stop? It's a trend that seems to be growing. Take for instance a gun ban because they kill people. There are more people killed by blunt objects or knives than guns. Shouldn't we ban knives?

I am a smoker, I eat meat but I don't disregard others who don't smoke. I will be courteous and thoughtful where I am before smoking. Someday I will kick this nasty habit.

 

Really????
So how do vegitarians survive?

Just becasue you "think" you need it does not mean you really do. Same with smoking.
At one time it was as common as eating meat. now it's not, one day eating meat could be un cool and it could be banned. Probably not in our life times but it's not exempt.

I find fast food really disquisting as well as the fat slobs that over indulge on it litterally killing themslefs and raising iinsurance premiums do to thier weight becasue of it and thier eating habits. I rarely eat fast food becasue of it. Should it be banned?

 

No, fast food should not be banned. It is still food, food is food, some is better than others, but you can still survive off of it. Any food is better than no food.


And vegans, I really don't know what is wrong with them. Although meat is often served in a very fatty way, it still has the proteins and other vitamins are essential to having a healthy body. Most vegans lack muscle and are weak since they miss out on the pure benefits of red meat.

This argument is also similar to the drugs that many of us have to take to be happy and help our kids stay focused in school. Its disturbing that many have to drug their kids up to do well in school. WTF? I in no way do good in school, but I'm not about to down Aderol to keep my mind on track. Just as you guys have to smoke in order to go throughout your day, to make it easier on you. Its like why do you need it? You don't!

 

I agree on all of your points, but I think you are missing the point.

Just becasue you and I feel that way does not mean everyone does, so what happens when we suddenly become out numbered in our thoughts and they come to take our meat or fast food away from us. (Yes if I was going to support any type of ban on anything it would be fast food). I dont care what argument you make, it might put something in your stomach and you might beable to sustain life with it. But you can also sustain life off of dirt and bugs, they are healthier and have more nutrients IMO.

Yes I agree that we as smokers can survive with out it. Just like you and the rest of us could also survive with out meat, candy, sweets, caffiene, TV, internet, radio, Music or any of the other privledges that we all take for granted. I'm not saying ban them, but they are similar in the fact that they are privledges.

Question is do we want to give them up? And if we dont want to give up anything, who has the right to decide that we have to give up anything?

 

Yes true, where do we draw the line...


Lets talk about SBC's now.:santa:

 

I quit those back in 1986.

 

you poor soul

 

I started to say that I only have one, but thats not true, I dont have any at the moment, mines got a Pontiac Motor.

 

ah you even poorer thing.

 

Well, whenever we go anywhere, I'll make sure that I drive so you can't smoke then.

We've got one of those right now, and it's a bad habit that we're trying to get rid of asap.

 

If I have to ride very far in a non smoker truck, I have been known to slide out the window and crawl into the bed while enroute.