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From: dmcanzi@watdcsu.UUCP (David Canzi)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: LIGHTING UP
Message-ID: <1409@watdcsu.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 24-May-85 01:27:14 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 24 01:27:14 1985
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In article <3126@dartvax.UUCP> rossj@dartvax.UUCP (Ross Jacobs) writes:
>               This is a free, repeat, free country. If I wanna smoke in it I
>can. And do. ...
>                                                              Yeah, and you're
>polluting *my* air. Right. Then just get the hell away from me. 

Consider the following situation:  You are in some place, such as a
terminal room, with somebody playing heavy metal music at maximum
volume on a ghetto blaster.   What can you do about it?

It's a free, repeat, free country.  If he wants to listen to his ghetto
blaster, he can, and will.  If you don't like it, you can leave,
right?

It's the same argument you're using.  Maybe non-smokers ought to carry
boom boxes, solely for their value in instructing smokers on the subtle
fine points of courtesy.

>                                                               Look. You don't
>like my smoke? Get the fuck away from me. If you're the kind of person who can
>see past the surface at the person behind the cigarette you won't.

I think you've given us a pretty clear view of yourself.  Under the
ugly and malodorous surface appearance that superficial people see,
there is an inconsiderate stupid fuckhead.
-- 
	David Canzi

"The Indians got revenge on the white man.  They gave him tobacco."