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From: Joe.Chamberlain@f302.n141.z1.fidonet.org (Joe Chamberlain)
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Subject: Re: Smoking As Disability (?)
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Date: 5 Jan 90 03:37:26 GMT
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 V*> No, I don't hate people who smoke and I am not one of those 
 V*> "obnoxious ex-smoker types!" But, I am militant about caring 
 V*> about people who do smoke and hope they can break the chain. 

 Aaaah, a voice of reason.  As another ex-smoker I strongly support
your statements.  I quit 3 years ago, after trying for about 3 more
years.  I can't come down on smokers, because I still remember the
difficulties I had trying to quit.

There are all kinds of disabilities.  The blind, deaf, paralyzed,
retarded, and dismembered are not the other ones disabled.  I think we
need to careful how we define disability.

As a person who has been paralyzed for many years, I would cheerfully
trade places with someone who is deaf.  But that is because I
understand my disability and do not appreciate fully the difficulties
of being deaf.
                                -=joe=-

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