A Soldier in the War on Smoking
Editorial Observer: Logan Quinn
Look, I'm not trying to make light of the dangers of smoking. Everyone is aware of the potential health risks of smoking and of second-hand smoke. I got it. But should we really be making rules that force people with a particular vice into a five by five square where they are allowed to avail themselves of their God-given right to choose? And if we should, maybe we should round up the drinkers next. Followed by the people who pee on the toilet seat. Then maybe all Yankees fans.
I am a non-smoker. I hate the smell and I lose my breath when I walk by the clouds of smoke that surround these battle-worn ash trays. I hate the taste and residue it leaves on your breath. I will not date a smoker and, Captain Morgan willing, I will not make-out with a smoker again either. I have bought one pack of cigarettes in my life (it was for a friend who was craving and I owed him. I felt like a dirty enabler). I hope to never buy another.
However, if you continue to pursue this authoritarian agenda, you will leave me no choice. If this ban goes through I will take up smoking. I will sit on The Beach and smoke. I will stand outside of the lecture halls and smoke. I will stand outside Levering and smoke. And I will not pay a single fine. I don't want to do this, but I will not sit idly by and allow you to harass these students. HKB, my life is in your hands. Do what you think is right.
I am a non-smoker. I hate the smell and I lose my breath when I walk by the clouds of smoke that surround these battle-worn ash trays. I hate the taste and residue it leaves on your breath. I will not date a smoker and, Captain Morgan willing, I will not make-out with a smoker again either. I have bought one pack of cigarettes in my life (it was for a friend who was craving and I owed him. I felt like a dirty enabler). I hope to never buy another.
However, if you continue to pursue this authoritarian agenda, you will leave me no choice. If this ban goes through I will take up smoking. I will sit on The Beach and smoke. I will stand outside of the lecture halls and smoke. I will stand outside Levering and smoke. And I will not pay a single fine. I don't want to do this, but I will not sit idly by and allow you to harass these students. HKB, my life is in your hands. Do what you think is right.
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Ken Landale
posted 10/31/09 @ 8:55 AM EST
What's the big deal about telling smokers they can't poison non-smokers outside? Why is sucking on burning poisonous leaves so important that it has to be some "protected" activity. (Continued…)
Marge
posted 11/02/09 @ 10:15 AM EST
I do not usually post, on this occasion I really want to thank you Logan for realising it is not just standing up for the rights of one section of society but for all. (Continued…)
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