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Anything Goes
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Just a few things I have to get off my chest.
I can't tell you how much I despise people who try to trample on the God-given rights of other people.
I see red everytime I see (and read) these idiots who are continually trying to ban smoking, <i>completely.</i>
Hey, guess what? Not all smokers are inconsiderate assholes!
I respect non-smoker's rights to not breath my second hand smoke.
I'm what some people might call a "considerate smoker."
I don't smoke in retail stores. I don't smoke in supermarkets. I don't smoke when I'm walking down a sidewalk, and there are other people around. I don't even smoke in restaurants where there are designated smoking areas, because I know there are non-smokers close by who are trying to enjoy their meal. Hell, I don't even smoke in my own damn <i>house,</i> because my wife is a non-smoker.
I only smoke in 4 different places. My yard, my vehicle, on our (home) balcony, and wide open spaces where there are no people within 30 or 40 feet from me.
And I'm telling you straight, it has been (literally) at least 4 years since I've seen <i>anyone</i> smoking in a place where it's prohibited. And I live in Atlanta, Rude Capital of the Southeast. (I hate this friggin' place, but that's another story)
So, the <i>majority</i> of smokers are very well aware of the anti-smoking sentiment amongst so many Americans, and the majority of us try to respect that.
What gives anyone the right to try to tell me that I can't smoke in my own home, my own car, or anywhere there's not people around me?
And don't even try to use the argument of "health-care costs," because I friggin' PAY for insurance too! Out the nose.
How would you like it (and you know who you are) if folks were trying to ban some of your favorite foods (cholesterol, artery-clogging foods such as dairy products) because some narcissistic asswipes feel it's bad for you? Didn't think so.
I'm also (and my wife) incredibly sick and tired of all the "politically correct" spineless jellyfish in this country. (USA)
You can't say ANYTHING these days without offending <i>some</i> group of people, <i>somewhere.</i>
I've been married to my wife for ten long years. We are an interracial couple. I'm WHITE, that's the color of my skin. She's BLACK, that's the color of her skin. That's HER attitude as well.
She's not some young, impressionable girl, she's retired from the U.S Navy.
Ask her about being "African American," and she'll tell you, "I was born in the United States, not Africa."
This crap has gotten waaaay out of hand.
You even see the police (on TV) calling suspects "a person of interest."
What kind of shit is <b>that?</b>
Look, you're either a SUSPECT, or you're NOT! Being a SUSPECT means that sufficient evidence exists for the police to <b>SUSPECT</b> you. DUH!!!
*Sigh*
Common sense, a thing of the past.....
I can't tell you how much I despise people who try to trample on the God-given rights of other people.
I see red everytime I see (and read) these idiots who are continually trying to ban smoking, <i>completely.</i>
Hey, guess what? Not all smokers are inconsiderate assholes!
I respect non-smoker's rights to not breath my second hand smoke.
I'm what some people might call a "considerate smoker."
I don't smoke in retail stores. I don't smoke in supermarkets. I don't smoke when I'm walking down a sidewalk, and there are other people around. I don't even smoke in restaurants where there are designated smoking areas, because I know there are non-smokers close by who are trying to enjoy their meal. Hell, I don't even smoke in my own damn <i>house,</i> because my wife is a non-smoker.
I only smoke in 4 different places. My yard, my vehicle, on our (home) balcony, and wide open spaces where there are no people within 30 or 40 feet from me.
And I'm telling you straight, it has been (literally) at least 4 years since I've seen <i>anyone</i> smoking in a place where it's prohibited. And I live in Atlanta, Rude Capital of the Southeast. (I hate this friggin' place, but that's another story)
So, the <i>majority</i> of smokers are very well aware of the anti-smoking sentiment amongst so many Americans, and the majority of us try to respect that.
What gives anyone the right to try to tell me that I can't smoke in my own home, my own car, or anywhere there's not people around me?
And don't even try to use the argument of "health-care costs," because I friggin' PAY for insurance too! Out the nose.
How would you like it (and you know who you are) if folks were trying to ban some of your favorite foods (cholesterol, artery-clogging foods such as dairy products) because some narcissistic asswipes feel it's bad for you? Didn't think so.
I'm also (and my wife) incredibly sick and tired of all the "politically correct" spineless jellyfish in this country. (USA)
You can't say ANYTHING these days without offending <i>some</i> group of people, <i>somewhere.</i>
I've been married to my wife for ten long years. We are an interracial couple. I'm WHITE, that's the color of my skin. She's BLACK, that's the color of her skin. That's HER attitude as well.
She's not some young, impressionable girl, she's retired from the U.S Navy.
Ask her about being "African American," and she'll tell you, "I was born in the United States, not Africa."
This crap has gotten waaaay out of hand.
You even see the police (on TV) calling suspects "a person of interest."
What kind of shit is <b>that?</b>
Look, you're either a SUSPECT, or you're NOT! Being a SUSPECT means that sufficient evidence exists for the police to <b>SUSPECT</b> you. DUH!!!
*Sigh*
Common sense, a thing of the past.....
