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by Setrepeoh on Thu Jul 09, 2009 12:41 am

Is the right to smoke so dramatically scorned. It's ironic that this nation once needed tobacco as a source of income to fund our Continental Army to fight the oppressive British rule, that demanded unfair taxation without representation, such as we smokers endure every time we buy a pack.
Since we smokers are now a minority, and considered second class citizens too ignorant to know what's good for us, what new injustices are in store for us ?
I had an experience some time back in a restaurant. I had eaten my order, and looking around the room saw no 'No Smoking' signs anywhere. I double checked to see if I missed it and proceeded to light up.
From out of nowhere, a waitress appeared at my table and loudly expressed her displeasure of my cigarette. " There's no smoking allowed in here, sir." She said loud enough to raise the dead.
Chagrined, and embarassed, I asked." You watched me light up, and said nothing then., and where is your no smoking sign?"
" It's on the door, sir. When you came in."
Sure enough, there, etched in the door glass was the notice not to smoke..Infuriated, I told my wife we were leaving and never coming back. She wanted to leave a tip, and I told her, in a voice loud enough to equally raise the dead," I don't tip anyone or any business that's prejudiced toward smokers." As I left I told the waitress that the management should post no smoking signs inside the place, since they were so concerned about it, and that I would tell all my family and friends never to come here, since I'm not welcome as a smoker.
That restaurant is no longer in business. Not from my protests, I know, but, gone just the same.
Why is it that we as a nation are tolerant of everyone's beliefs and lifestyles, and yet so adamently vehemenent against a lit cigarette in someone's hand? Are we ashamed to admit our culpreticity in introducing the world to tobacco ?
We allow hate groups to protest and publiclly denounce our nation, allow illegal immigrants social security benefits, hear foriegners deride and derail us so often it's become common place...and yet the very sight of a lit cigarette alarms to the point of wanting to lynch the
unsuspecting smoker. We put up signs in foriegn languages, construct round abouts, as seen in England, on our roads, embrace the Metric System, and yet dig in our heels against smoking.
I've often considered having the word " SMOKER " tatooed on my left forearm, much like the concentration camp survivors, because I feel like I've been transportd back to 1939 Munich, Germany and I'm Jewish.

Setrepeoh

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by CigarBoy on Sat Jul 11, 2009 12:38 am

A restaurant opened in my neighborhood back in 1995 named Tellers. It allowed cigarette smoking only at the bar and no cigars or pipes.

So I got three friends, we ordered expensive steaks, we waited until about eight minutes after we placed our orders and we fired up our cigars. The manager came running over like as if we just crapped on the floor and informed us that cigars were not allowed anywhere in the restaurant.

We threw a few bucks on the table to cover our drinks and walked out, letting them worry about the well over $139 worth of steaks on the grill.

I haven't eaten there since.

CigarBoy

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by Darkseid on Sat Jul 11, 2009 9:26 am

GOOD ONE!! Laughing

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by garhkal on Sat Jul 11, 2009 5:55 pm

I almost saw someone arrested for doing that in ole England in 04..

garhkal

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by CigarBoy on Mon Jul 20, 2009 3:19 am

I am no outcast. I smoke about anywhere outside that I want and in KY I smoke at most places inside that I want to. I am 6'1"/250 pounds, I am really not too worried if someone doesn't like my cigar.

CigarBoy

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by Smoker Sympathizer on Sat Jul 25, 2009 4:57 am

The Scarlet "S"

Isn't it sad things have come to this over something so trivial as smoking? I know we could never do this, but wouldn't it be nice if public servants with the power to write laws that regulate our lives had to spend a year living under a totalitarian regime before they took office, so that they could better understand the sacredness of liberty? If they started to waiver even a little bit on freedom issues, we'd have the right to send them back to said dictatorship for a refresher course.

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by garhkal on Sat Jul 25, 2009 4:46 pm

I wish... Heck send them to work under Mugabee for a year... prob is that might intice them to become just like him even more than they already are.

garhkal

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by Pete Gatti on Sun Jul 26, 2009 1:23 am

Smoker Sympathizer wrote:

Great idea, we could call it Founding Fathers boot-camp. Some politicians think some of their ideas no longer apply today, like our second amendment rights. They might change their tune if they spent some time in Founding Fathers boot-camp with no way to fight back.

Pete Gatti Enthusiastic Smoker

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by Smoker Sympathizer on Sun Jul 26, 2009 2:29 am

Pete Gatti wrote:

Smoker Sympathizer wrote:

And an elite group of very well compensated smokers could be their Drill Sergeants, and wear armbands with "The Scarlet S". The first lesson of the FFBC would be that the goverment does not own our bodies, and therefore should have 0 say whatsoever in our lifestyles. The second lesson would be that they do not own our labor, and therefore should only take the minimum amount of taxes and not gouge us. Smokers would sure be qualified to teach that second lesson, considering the assaults they've seen on their wallets in recent years.

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