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Larry Bud wrote: > Jim Yanik wrote: > > =A9hri=A7t=C7r=E6m=AE <> wrote in > > : > > > > > I smoke. I smoke in my car. > > > > It's not our fault smokers have abused the privelege. > > People are tired of putting up with smokers and their foul habit. > > > > And yet smokers still are not getting the message. > > The "privilege"?? What ever happened to freedom? It gets taken away when irresponsible people act, errr, irresponsibly. Sorta like: your freedom to swing your arms ends at my nose. (Pardon the oblique pun.) E=2EP. |
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"Scott en Aztlán" wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 13:33:32 -0700, ©hri§tÇræm® <> wrote: > > >I smoke. I smoke in my car. All you control freaks can go **** yourselves. > > You throw your butts onto the ground, don't you? This is precisely the > sort of attitude one might expect from a litterbug... Cigarettes are biodegradable so what's the big deal about throwing them out of a car or throwing them on the ground? Much better than those non-biodegradable plastic forks,spoons, cups etc that people throw out of their car anyplace and anytime they feel like it. BTW, no, I don't smoke. Used to, but quit several years ago. Sarah |
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"Skip Elliott Bowman" > wrote in
nk.net: > > "Jim Yanik" .> wrote in message > .. . >> Smokers will even smoke where there are no ashtrays or butt >> receptacles,where there are signs that smoking is prohibited,and the >> MAJORITY toss their butts,as evidenced by the tremendous number of >> butts that are found everywhere,far too many to be from a few "bad" >> smokers,and by many people's observation of them doing it. > > Cite your source of this assertion, please. The bit about the > majority of smokers tossing their butts, that is. > > Cite. > > > "as evidenced by the tremendous number of butts that are found everywhere,far too many to be from a few "bad" smokers,and by many people's observation of them doing it." -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net |
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"Larry Bud" > wrote in
oups.com: > > > Jim Yanik wrote: >> ©hri§tÇræm® <> wrote in >> : >> >> > I smoke. I smoke in my car. >> >> It's not our fault smokers have abused the privelege. >> People are tired of putting up with smokers and their foul habit. >> >> And yet smokers still are not getting the message. > > The "privilege"?? What ever happened to freedom? > > Littering is not any sort of right. -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net |
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"Skip Elliott Bowman" > wrote in
ink.net: > "Scott en Aztlán" > wrote in message > ... >> >> EVERY smoker I know, and quite a few that I don't know but have had >> the opportunity to observe, litters. > > You know me (or not, as you choose) and I have never tossed a single > butt. And I smoke (trying to quit). > > > An exception to the norm. (although I find it very difficult to believe that you [or anyone else making the claim] have NEVER tossed away[improperly discarded]a SINGLE butt in your entire smoking history.) -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net |
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Sarah Monroe > wrote in
: > "Scott en Aztlán" wrote: > >> On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 13:33:32 -0700, ©hri§tÇræm® <> wrote: >> >> >I smoke. I smoke in my car. All you control freaks can go **** >> >yourselves. >> >> You throw your butts onto the ground, don't you? This is precisely >> the sort of attitude one might expect from a litterbug... > > Cigarettes are biodegradable so what's the big deal about throwing > them out of a car or throwing them on the ground? Much better than > those non-biodegradable plastic forks,spoons, cups etc that people > throw out of their car anyplace and anytime they feel like it. > > BTW, no, I don't smoke. Used to, but quit several years ago. > > Sarah > > > They are NOT that "biodegradable".They last for several months. They also get into water drainage and cause problems for water treatment plants. -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net |
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On Mon, 11 Jul 2005, Jim Yanik wrote:
> It's not our fault smokers have abused the privelege. People are tired > of putting up with smokers and their foul habit. And yet smokers still > are not getting the message. More than that, they're babbling about "freedom" and "oppression" and throwing up all kinds of red herrings (car exhaust, etc.). |
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On Sun, 10 Jul 2005, Jim Yanik wrote:
> It's a reflex with smokers to flick away or drop the cig butt when > finished. The world is their ashtray, after all. |
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> Isn't it amazing how all the smokers who comment on this topic when it
> comes up are *unfailingly* polite and courteous? I used to throw butts out right and left when I smoked. Thought nothing of it. I'm disgusted by it now. |
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> Cigarettes are biodegradable so what's the big deal about throwing
> them out of a car or throwing them on the ground? It's certainly no worse than taking a **** on the side of the road. Right, Sarah? |
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