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blue powderblue powder Registered User regular
edited May 2007 in Social Entropy++
What in fuck, obviously there are reasons that I am not aware of, but why is smoking still legal? I mean they're trying to help people quit, that's cool. but it's very obviously a fucking horrible thing and in no way beneficial except for the tobacco companies selling the prodcuts.

So, educate me, guys, howcome government don't just say "this shit is now illegal you can't make it anymore or sell it. We acknowledge that you have an addiction and you can still buy patches and gum etc."

I don't intend to be malicious towards any smokers, i'm just intersted as to why this hasn't/can't happen. It seems really logical to me.

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  • Wise_aWise_a Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    blue powder wrote: »
    What in fuck, obviously there are reasons that I am not aware of, but why is smoking still legal? I mean they're trying to help people quit, that's cool. but it's very obviously a fucking horrible thing and in no way beneficial except for the tobacco companies selling the prodcuts.

    So, educate me, guys, howcome government don't just say "this shit is now illegal you can't make it anymore or sell it. We acknowledge that you have an addiction and you can still buy patches and gum etc."

    I don't intend to be malicious towards any smokers, i'm just intersted as to why this hasn't/can't happen. It seems really logical to me.

    Because this is America, and you are allowed to do whatever you want.

    This isn't a communist state.

    Also, you are dumb.

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  • redheadredhead Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    aren't you that guy who makes those posts

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  • blue powderblue powder Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    yeah i guess i am, i just wanted to be cool or something

    blue powder on
  • trentsteeltrentsteel Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Yeah, they should make smokes illegal

    Just like they made booze illegal that one time

    How did that turn out again, good i think

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  • CarnivoreCarnivore Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Smoking in public places is illegal in Britain now.

    So really there is no reason to outlaw it, because it really is now only affecting you in your own home.

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  • RancedRanced Default Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    i'm going to smoke now

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  • MeizMeiz Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    I can't smoke in a bar or near entrances. That's enough.

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  • blue powderblue powder Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    trentsteel wrote: »
    Yeah, they should make smokes illegal

    Just like they made booze illegal that one time

    How did that turn out again, good i think

    i see what you're saying there, but i still see tobacco as being far worse as it effects the environment aswell

    blue powder on
  • Wise_aWise_a Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    blue powder wrote: »
    trentsteel wrote: »
    Yeah, they should make smokes illegal

    Just like they made booze illegal that one time

    How did that turn out again, good i think

    i see what you're saying there, but i still see tobacco as being far worse as it effects the environment aswell

    I think the important thing that you were missing in my post is that you are dumb.

    Stop trying to restrict my freedoms.

    Wise_a on
  • MathildaMathilda Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
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  • XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Because the government gets a fuckton of taxes from cig sales.

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  • blue powderblue powder Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Wise_a wrote: »
    blue powder wrote: »
    trentsteel wrote: »
    Yeah, they should make smokes illegal

    Just like they made booze illegal that one time

    How did that turn out again, good i think

    i see what you're saying there, but i still see tobacco as being far worse as it effects the environment aswell

    I think the important thing that you were missing in my post is that you are dumb.

    Stop trying to restrict my freedoms.

    how am i dumb?

    blue powder on
  • Wise_aWise_a Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    blue powder wrote: »
    trentsteel wrote: »
    Yeah, they should make smokes illegal

    Just like they made booze illegal that one time

    How did that turn out again, good i think

    i see what you're saying there, but i still see tobacco as being far worse as it effects the environment aswell

    I hate this post, with its blatant disregard for capitalization and spaces.

    Wise_a on
  • trentsteeltrentsteel Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    blue powder wrote: »
    trentsteel wrote: »
    Yeah, they should make smokes illegal

    Just like they made booze illegal that one time

    How did that turn out again, good i think

    i see what you're saying there, but i still see tobacco as being far worse as it effects the environment aswell

    AND i smoke after sex with your mother

    your mother cries after

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  • Wise_aWise_a Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    blue powder wrote: »
    Wise_a wrote: »
    blue powder wrote: »
    trentsteel wrote: »
    Yeah, they should make smokes illegal

    Just like they made booze illegal that one time

    How did that turn out again, good i think

    i see what you're saying there, but i still see tobacco as being far worse as it effects the environment aswell

    I think the important thing that you were missing in my post is that you are dumb.

    Stop trying to restrict my freedoms.

    how am i dumb?

    I think a more accurate question would be "How am I not dumb?"

    Wise_a on
  • redstormpopcornredstormpopcorn Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Wise_a wrote: »
    Because this is America, and you are allowed to do whatever you want.
    Score, I'ma go start up an underage brothel and hand out bricks of hash at the door

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  • blue powderblue powder Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    sorry, wise, i like david bowie aswell

    blue powder on
  • redheadredhead Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Wise_a wrote: »
    blue powder wrote: »
    trentsteel wrote: »
    Yeah, they should make smokes illegal

    Just like they made booze illegal that one time

    How did that turn out again, good i think

    i see what you're saying there, but i still see tobacco as being far worse as it effects the environment aswell

    I hate this post, with its blatant disregard for capitalization and spaces.
    don't forget word choice

    "effects"

    redhead on
  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2007
    Ain't no one gonna take away our right as Americans to kill ourselves slowly!

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  • Wise_aWise_a Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    redstormpopcorn wrote: »
    Wise_a wrote: »
    Because this is America, and you are allowed to do whatever you want.
    Score, I'ma go start up an underage brothel and hand out bricks of hash at the door

    And I'll be the first in line.

    Actually, if you profit off of it, then its probably illegal.

    But what if I just wanna hang out in my house all day, smoking cigarettes, cigars, doing chewing tobacco, and smoking my pipe? Well, thats my god-given right as an American.

    Wise_a on
  • blue powderblue powder Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    yeah i'm one of those guys who never learnt the differance between effect and affect

    blue powder on
  • Wise_aWise_a Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    blue powder wrote: »
    sorry, wise, i like david bowie aswell

    Ok, I'll give you that one.

    However, you keep missing a space there. Up there. See it?

    Wise_a on
  • Wise_aWise_a Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Druhim wrote: »
    Ain't no one gonna take away our right as Americans to kill ourselves slowly!

    Damn fucking skippy!

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  • naporeonnaporeon Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited May 2007
    I hate smoke. Like, seriously.

    But I would much rather see a law banning blue powder from ever speaking, posting, or in any way communicating with anyone, ever again.

    Truth.

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  • redstormpopcornredstormpopcorn Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Wise_a wrote: »
    redstormpopcorn wrote: »
    Wise_a wrote: »
    Because this is America, and you are allowed to do whatever you want.
    Score, I'ma go start up an underage brothel and hand out bricks of hash at the door
    And I'll be the first in line.

    Actually, if you profit off of it, then its probably illegal.

    But what if I just wanna hang out in my house all day, smoking cigarettes, cigars, doing chewing tobacco, and smoking my pipe? Well, thats my god-given right as an American.
    Just like opium, cocaine, and marijuana used to be.

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  • blue powderblue powder Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Wise_a wrote: »
    blue powder wrote: »
    sorry, wise, i like david bowie aswell

    Ok, I'll give you that one.

    However, you keep missing a space there. Up there. See it?

    I'm not sure what you're saying here, but no.

    blue powder on
  • LarlarLarlar consecutive normal brunches Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    edited May 2007
    blue powder wrote: »
    yeah i'm one of those guys who never learnt the differance between effect and affect

    The spelling and grammar mistake, suprisingly, only add to your credibility. Three cheers for context.

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  • StaleStale Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    blue powder wrote: »
    yeah i'm one of those guys who never learnt the differance between effect and affect

    I have a feeling this particular failing extends far beyond grammar.

    Stale on
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  • EtchEtch Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Maybe you should go join Truth and be a faggot with them.

    Seriously, who the fuck cares if there was smoking in the Muppet movie?

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  • naporeonnaporeon Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Stale.

    Is...is it okay for me to love you?

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  • blue powderblue powder Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Larlar wrote: »
    blue powder wrote: »
    yeah i'm one of those guys who never learnt the differance between effect and affect

    The spelling and grammar mistake, suprisingly, only add to your credibility. Three cheers for context.

    Oops, that's embarrassing.

    Difference.

    blue powder on
  • BijlBijl Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    blue powder wrote: »
    trentsteel wrote: »
    Yeah, they should make smokes illegal

    Just like they made booze illegal that one time

    How did that turn out again, good i think

    i see what you're saying there, but i still see tobacco as being far worse as it effects the environment aswell
    You 're totally right! Let's make all things that are bad for the environment illegal! Maybe we should outlaw anything that isn't strictly neccesary. Producing things that are "fun" affects the environment! And for what? This thing called "pleasure"? Bullshit!

    Bijl on
  • CarnivoreCarnivore Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    I hate people who reply to a discussion starter with 'YOU ARE DUMB'

    Point out where he is wrong you elitist fuck, and stop being so high and mighty. He raises some valid points and while, yes, I agree he is for the most part really very wrong on the issue, replying with 'you are dumb' makes you come off as just as much of a jerk as he is.

    Aimed at Wise_A btw.

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  • StaleStale Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    naporeon wrote: »
    Stale.

    Is...is it okay for me to love you?


    only if we cuddle afterwards. But I ain't no soft bitch.

    I'm a strong black woman and my bills be paid.

    Stale on
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  • redstormpopcornredstormpopcorn Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Bijl wrote: »
    blue powder wrote: »
    trentsteel wrote: »
    Yeah, they should make smokes illegal

    Just like they made booze illegal that one time

    How did that turn out again, good i think
    i see what you're saying there, but i still see tobacco as being far worse as it effects the environment aswell
    You 're totally right! Let's make all things that are bad for the environment illegal! Maybe we should outlaw anything that isn't strictly neccesary. Producing things that are "fun" affects the environment! And for what? This thing called "pleasure"? Bullshit!
    Seriously. If you're that concerned about the environment, go calculate your net carbon dioxide output and then kill yourself.

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  • BijlBijl Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Maybe we should forbid all fat food too. Let's just forbid all kinds of food except a government-distributed "omni-goo" which contains everything you need to stay alive, just to be sure! The world would be a much better place.

    Bijl on
  • blue powderblue powder Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Bijl wrote: »
    blue powder wrote: »
    trentsteel wrote: »
    Yeah, they should make smokes illegal

    Just like they made booze illegal that one time

    How did that turn out again, good i think

    i see what you're saying there, but i still see tobacco as being far worse as it effects the environment aswell
    You 're totally right! Let's make all things that are bad for the environment illegal! Maybe we should outlaw anything that isn't strictly neccesary. Producing things that are "fun" affects the environment! And for what? This thing called "pleasure"? Bullshit!

    Man, fuck you. Smoking is in every way fucking stupid and a negative thing. I have no problem with you wanting to smoke, I just see it as a waste of resources. Why have people taking up a hospital room due to smoking related issues when you could be using those resources for mor eimportant shit we can't stop.

    Obviously smoker related health issues don't totaly flood out hospitals, but I just see it as something we can stop. "Outlawing everything which is fun" is not what I was trying to convey.

    blue powder on
  • RaneadosRaneados police apologist you shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered User regular
    edited May 2007
    godamnit I fucking hate blue powder

    he likes NO GOOD THINGS

    HE IS THE ANTITHESIS OF A GOOD POSTER

    Raneados on
  • EtchEtch Registered User regular
    edited May 2007
    You know quite a bit about that "omni-goo" eh?

    :winky:

    Etch on
  • naporeonnaporeon Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited May 2007
    Raneados wrote: »
    godamnit I fucking hate blue powder

    he likes NO GOOD THINGS

    HE IS THE ANTITHESIS OF A GOOD POSTER
    I hate smoke.

    But I also hate blue powder.

    QUANDARY

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