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Jack Sprat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 05:41 PM Original message |
The war on cigarettes/tobacco |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. This should be good. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 12:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
113. I should point out |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. Thank You. I too want to see a Fat Ass tax in this country ! |
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bbinacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 05:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. All you have to do |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 05:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. LOL ! |
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bbinacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. AMEN! |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
5. Puritans abound sadly (nt) |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
7. Amen, tax the fatasses. |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
8. But what if I'm a smoker AND I'm fat??? |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
9. Right on! Since I am thin and gave up smoking, I say... |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
10. Life is a crapshoot |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
11. You have no right to poison my lungs because of your addiction! |
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bbinacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Oh good God |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. No, I WON'T get off my fucking high horse, POLLUTER. EOM |
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bbinacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:07 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Second hand smoke studies |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:08 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Yeah, every idiot believes that. |
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bbinacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:18 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. The study |
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bbinacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 07:29 PM Response to Reply #19 |
58. Do you eat tomatoes |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 04:08 AM Response to Reply #19 |
129. um, no, most idiots believe second-hand smoke studies are the gospel truth. |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 05:20 PM Response to Reply #129 |
169. That's the truth! |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:09 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Amen...just a lawyers dream is all. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 11:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
98. Your post is bullshit. |
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bbinacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:55 PM Response to Reply #98 |
178. Feel better now? |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Then stay in pure privacy of your own home |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:11 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. In the cities I work and live in, smoking is BANNED inside. |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:14 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. If second hand smoke was as bad as they say...the entire baby boom generation |
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gizmo1979 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 07:05 PM Response to Reply #24 |
50. Ah there's the rub |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 04:10 AM Response to Reply #24 |
130. good point. even in grocery stores & theaters for a time. |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 10:53 AM Response to Reply #24 |
162. Correct |
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bbinacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:25 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Poor baby |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:29 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. I got the law on my side. |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:33 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Quite easily much more than you n/t |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:35 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. I don't have to inhale your crap! |
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bbinacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:36 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. By ignoring it. n/t |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:31 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. Get over your self or get out of my wallet it is that simple |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:37 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Your wallet? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 07:02 PM Response to Reply #36 |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 03:36 AM Response to Reply #31 |
127. I think I'll keep taxing your addiction |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 04:18 AM Response to Reply #127 |
132. you think "your" taxes hurt tobacco corps? check their profits. |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 04:55 AM Response to Reply #132 |
141. Specious reasoning |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 05:12 AM Response to Reply #141 |
142. you said: |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 05:18 AM Response to Reply #142 |
144. I would rather hurt then help them |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 05:42 AM Response to Reply #144 |
146. there's no evidence the poster "trusts" tobacco corps. |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 06:02 AM Response to Reply #146 |
147. Obviously trusts them enough to use their products |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 06:12 AM Response to Reply #147 |
150. then you must "trust" exxon, GE, Monsanto, Freeport Moran - despite their history of lies & worse - |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 06:19 AM Response to Reply #150 |
151. No, I definitely don't trust them, and I avoid their products when possible |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 06:28 AM Response to Reply #151 |
152. you can't avoid their products, or the products of those like them. their products, even |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:17 AM Response to Reply #152 |
157. I'd like to hear the redeeming qualities of tobacco |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 04:17 AM Response to Reply #31 |
131. insurance cos, gov't, & the tobacco monopoly. tobacco is easy to grow., but |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 07:24 PM Response to Reply #22 |
57. OY. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 04:06 AM Response to Reply #17 |
128. you're alive? then you pollute. |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
29. Way To Make The OP's Point! |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:40 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. I admit I am a prohibitionist against public poisoning of others through tobacco smoking. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 07:22 PM Response to Reply #38 |
56. When has prohibition ever worked? |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 08:19 PM Response to Reply #56 |
60. It's working now. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:51 PM Response to Reply #60 |
84. No, it isn't. It's just not where you are and that's the point. |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 05:24 AM Response to Reply #38 |
145. I Was Already Happy. Your Reply Makes No Sense |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
40. by that logic- shouldn't all the internal combustion engines be banned as well? |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:49 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. The air quality coming out of tailpipes has made very big gains thanks to regulation |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:55 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. that doesn't change the issue. |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 07:00 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Yes and I am saying that canard will be extinct within the lifetimes of many on DU |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 07:17 PM Response to Reply #47 |
54. "Are you really saying that my neighbor lighting up is less onerous than the emissions..." |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 06:00 PM Response to Reply #40 |
179. Cost/benefit analysis... |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
41. Then make it ILLEGAL! |
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Jack Sprat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
44. You are exaggerating |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 11:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
97. +1 |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 12:53 AM Response to Reply #11 |
123. Don't worry, I intend to stay as far away form you as possible. |
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abumbyanyothername (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
12. At this point |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
13. Ladies and Gentlemen: |
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bbinacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I think you forgot |
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Jack Sprat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 07:12 PM Response to Reply #13 |
52. That is desperate. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 04:22 AM Response to Reply #13 |
133. big tobacco loves anti-smoking legislation. it plumps their profits & keeps small tobacco |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
16. Smoking saves more money than it costs |
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Jack Sprat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
39. Thank you for the kind words. |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
73. Maybe they should be more toxic, to lighten the insurance rolls a little. |
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Flaneur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:09 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. Good thing you're not going to ever get sick and die. |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 11:05 PM Response to Reply #73 |
87. Wishing death on people is not cool. Bad Karma. And.... |
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Jack Sprat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 12:49 AM Response to Reply #73 |
122. I'm sure the insurance companies will give us a break |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 10:17 PM Response to Reply #73 |
177. The stats actually support smokers save the SS system money! |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 06:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
172. "medical prof who's interested in the benefits and economics of smoking" |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
23. I always think it's funny the anti-smokers still drive their cars |
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abumbyanyothername (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
46. Not all of 'em. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 04:24 AM Response to Reply #46 |
134. you ride busses. because they're emission-less. |
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Tikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
25. Pressures from restrictions and laws passed in my State... |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
27. Smoke? I don't give a rip if you burst into flame |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
32. I think smokers are suicidal but are too scared to do it quickly. |
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Flaneur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:11 PM Response to Reply #32 |
76. Really? You would like to see smokers kill themselves? |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:14 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. I'd like to see a lot of people kill themselves, and it bums me out that so many are slacking off. |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
37. My fat doesn't make you physically sick |
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bbinacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 07:13 PM Response to Reply #37 |
53. So don't go |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
43. Let me know when they give you long hard time in the pen for a carton of cigarettes.. |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
48. The war on Tobacco LOL |
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Boojatta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
51. "We choose to go to the moon and smoke" |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
55. what's with all the unreccers having a field day here?? nt |
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solstice (278 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
59. Oh boo hoo hoo, what a fucking martyr. No other addicts are whiny like nicotine addicts are. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 09:03 PM Response to Reply #59 |
64. Deleted sub-thread |
BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 09:41 PM Response to Reply #59 |
71. Ahem. You're a juvenile fool. |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:03 PM Response to Reply #59 |
74. For decades you could not escape it. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:45 PM Response to Reply #74 |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 11:20 PM Response to Reply #83 |
91. How heavy is that cross you're lugging around? |
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Jack Sprat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 11:29 PM Response to Reply #91 |
96. say what you mean, boy. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 11:33 PM Response to Reply #96 |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 12:16 AM Response to Reply #96 |
115. Was the truth too much for you, Jack? |
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Jack Sprat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 05:13 AM Response to Reply #115 |
143. Here's some truth for you, boy. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 06:41 AM Response to Reply #143 |
153. Here's some truth for you, too, little one. |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 12:05 AM Response to Reply #83 |
110. When was it acceptable? |
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Jack Sprat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 12:32 AM Response to Reply #110 |
120. Are you intending to wilt and die old |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 01:05 AM Response to Reply #120 |
124. I'm not sure how I'm going to die, but I'm not in a hurry to pick a way |
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Jack Sprat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 04:39 AM Response to Reply #74 |
137. That's absurd. Who does the whining? |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 06:56 AM Response to Reply #137 |
155. Read your own OP. The first line about the trials you endure is a whine, boy. |
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Jack Sprat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 04:48 AM Response to Reply #59 |
140. How can we verify how you smell? |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
61. I stopped smoking 3 months ago and Im a vegan and Im skinny |
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Budgies Revenge (125 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
62. The problem |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
65. Fat tax, it affects the poor as much as sin taxes do (er would) |
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marketcrazy1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 09:30 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. having a smoke and a good laugh |
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Jack Sprat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 09:36 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. I do what I can, market. |
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Jack Sprat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 09:31 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Now wait a second |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:24 PM Response to Reply #65 |
80. Yes. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:30 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. he is not fat he is Jabba the Rush |
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Jack Sprat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:55 PM Response to Reply #80 |
85. Maybe so, but the point that was made |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 06:59 AM Response to Reply #65 |
156. Rush Limbaugh fits the definition of "overweight" and "rich" pretty fucking well.. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 07:24 PM Response to Reply #156 |
173. I do not 'know' him at "fucking" all. |
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Kansas Wyatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
69. And whoever came up with the idea to BAN smoking in bars... |
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Jack Sprat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 11:10 PM Response to Reply #69 |
89. They are boring, that's why. They gravitate to |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 11:21 PM Response to Reply #89 |
92. LOL...who says satire is dead? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 11:40 PM Response to Reply #69 |
102. I cannot enter bars where people are smoking, the smell makes me sick. |
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Kansas Wyatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 06:10 AM Response to Reply #102 |
149. Bars have ALWAYS smelled smokey. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:20 AM Response to Reply #149 |
158. Kind of hard when THERE ARE NONE IN TOWN. |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 03:23 PM Response to Reply #69 |
165. I am a smoker but believe in the bans. Non smoking employees deserve a healthy workplace |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
72. They should be banned. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
77. Deleted message |
RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:14 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. What? |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:39 PM Response to Reply #79 |
82. Spam. |
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workinclasszero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
86. Sigh...Junkie Talk... |
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Jack Sprat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 11:24 PM Response to Reply #86 |
93. Feel better now? |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
88. Good Post Jack...thanks...this thread is like fly paper for my ignore list ! |
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Jack Sprat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 11:25 PM Response to Reply #88 |
94. Glad to hear it. |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:26 PM Response to Reply #94 |
175. I was serious...I'm a smoker and don't need the hate thrown at me. |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
90. Jesus! After all that vitriol, I need a smoke. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
95. Deleted message |
Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 11:38 PM Response to Reply #95 |
101. Deleted message |
Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 11:43 PM Response to Reply #101 |
103. I encourage you to smoke more and faster. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 11:44 PM Response to Reply #101 |
104. DUpe |
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Jack Sprat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 11:52 PM Response to Reply #104 |
106. Mine don't either. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 11:48 PM Response to Reply #101 |
105. Deleted message |
Jack Sprat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 11:55 PM Response to Reply #105 |
107. Hardly my problem. Look at what you've just |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 12:02 AM Response to Reply #107 |
109. I get ill-tempered when you smokers dismiss my issues with second-hand smoke. |
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Jack Sprat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 12:16 AM Response to Reply #109 |
114. Unless the bars have been designated as |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 12:20 AM Response to Reply #114 |
117. There weren't any non-smoking bars in town before the ban. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 12:07 AM Response to Reply #107 |
111. Such a poor, persecuted martyr for the smoking cause. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 04:44 AM Response to Reply #111 |
139. you made jack's point rather well, i think. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 06:43 AM Response to Reply #139 |
154. Coming from you I'm going to assume I did right then, as the only point Jack had was on his head. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 04:32 AM Response to Reply #95 |
135. because the entire world should be designed specifically for you. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:22 AM Response to Reply #135 |
159. I expect to be able to BREATH when I go out for a drink with friends. |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #159 |
167. How... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:23 PM Response to Reply #167 |
174. Yes, there is a designated driver. |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
100. Sometimes I fake smoking to see if people will start coughing |
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Jack Sprat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 12:20 AM Response to Reply #100 |
116. Very true. Go jogging or walking anywhere |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 12:28 AM Response to Reply #100 |
119. How do you fake smoking? eom |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 04:35 AM Response to Reply #100 |
136. aren't they funny? i've noticed that fake coughing too. you can be in the park 50 feet |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
108. It's good to see everyone in this thread is being reasonable. |
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Jack Sprat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 12:08 AM Response to Reply #108 |
112. Reasonable response and appreciated. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 06:04 AM Response to Reply #112 |
148. Steve Martin had a great stand up routine in the 1970s about it. |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
118. It's certainly an issue of public health, and even one of slavery |
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Jack Sprat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 12:40 AM Response to Reply #118 |
121. Some cigar and pipe smokers |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #121 |
163. I think the death numbers for tobacco in the US are about 400,000, |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 04:40 AM Response to Reply #118 |
138. When tobacco was first commodified, the association between it & income ran the other way - |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 03:21 PM Response to Reply #138 |
164. Good point. Also, it's likely that, as people have become more alienated, |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #118 |
168. I have a friend, a nurse, who's roommate got laid off 6 months ago. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
125. I wish smokers would direct half their efforts at their real enemy |
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Jack Sprat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 03:23 AM Response to Reply #125 |
126. Smokers mean no harm to non-smokers. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 10:49 AM Response to Reply #126 |
161. The corporations want to harm smokers |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 03:25 PM Response to Reply #161 |
166. Yeah well there are a number of chemical free and organic smokes on the market |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 09:53 PM Response to Reply #166 |
176. Organic smokes. You don't die of cancer, you die of boredom ! |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
160. Unrec'd. nt |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 05:21 PM Response to Reply #160 |
170. What does NT mean? |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 05:40 PM Response to Reply #170 |
171. It is an indication that there is no further text below the subject line. nt |
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