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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 07:14 PM Original message |
King County bans public e-cigarette smoking - fear of eroding "social norms." |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. Can never have too much conformity! |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. seriously |
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Fuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. sigh |
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AnOhioan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. Freakin idiots |
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LawnKorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
4. Oh Boy! an artificial smoking thread |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
5. Ban e-smoking, mandate cigarette smoking. nt |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 07:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Or mandate those against it spend 2 hours in a garage with their running car |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 07:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. And injecting cigarettes into your aorta will kill you faster than injecting heroin. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 07:41 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Not talking injecting, talking about second hand |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 07:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I'm not allowed to leave my car running for two hours in a bar, either. nt |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 07:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. No, but you can drive it right by me while I am standing outside |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. No, but you can suck down a bunch of drinks in the bar, then |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. I'm not sure that's legal in any state. nt |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. No, it's not legal, but it happens every day. You've been in bars, |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Could be BS, but I've been told the lung cancer rate in smoking farmers... |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:54 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. And I've seen studies by the World Health Organization that prove |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:15 PM Response to Reply #9 |
27. injecting air will too. doesn't mean air is worse than heroin. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
6. I wish it was up to me what the 'social norms' were. |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
8. Good God. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
10. The amount of sane people in this country would apparently fit into a football stadium. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
14. What a bunch of nanny bullshit! And I'm for the smoking bans! |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
18. I don't want a "less smelly vapor" in my lungs either. |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:56 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. So you stay indoors all day with hypoallergetic air pumped into your home? |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 06:47 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. True indeed. I work near a factory that spews out some nasty crap |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
20. This is as bad as the ban on ugly horses |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
21. Do they have standing to do that? |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
25. I can understand this... |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:12 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. They all don't, the one I tried was blue. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 11:53 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Quite a lot of them do look like tobacco cigarettes |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 01:35 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. we need this ban to protect the "dumb asses"? |
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ohheckyeah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 01:44 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Of coure it was a big fucking lie. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 01:49 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. So much work had gone into making smoking appear dirty and unacceptable |
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ohheckyeah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 01:56 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Since when is something made illegal because it |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 02:08 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I know - it's completely insane. I'm usually not embarrassed to live in King County. |
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ohheckyeah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 02:14 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Well, I live in VA |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 01:38 AM Response to Original message |
31. Sheesh. I knew it was all about not liking the way smoking *looks* |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
37. Because it's the conformity that's important, not the health of the citizenry. |
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