12 Mar
2006
12 Mar
'06
5:15 p.m.
On Sun, 2006-03-12 at 15:59 -0500, Lee Revell wrote:
On Sun, 2006-03-12 at 12:42 -0600, Jan Depner wrote:
I'm not a hypocrite. I *have* to drive so I can go to work. I'd
say a good 85% of people have to drive if they work outside the home.
No one has to smoke, period. Trust me, I know. I used to smoke two
packs a day (27 years ago). Now, if we could just get some clean fuels
we could clear up the exhaust problem but that'll take a while I think.
--
Jan 'Evil Twin' Depner
The Fuzzy Dice
http://myweb.cableone.net/eviltwin69/fuzzy.html
"As we enjoy great advantages from the invention of others, we should be
glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours, and
this we should do freely and generously."
Benjamin Franklin, on declining patents offered by the governor of
Pennsylvania for his "Pennsylvania Fireplace", c. 1744
Smoking, on the other hand, produces carcinogenic
compounds that
others
would be forced to breathe.
So does car exhaust but no one seems to care about that. The hospital
down the street has "Clean Air Zone" signs all over it stating that it's
verboten to smoke anywhere on the premises. But people can and do sit
with their engine idling 10 feet from the door to the ER for hours.
(sorry this is one of my pet peeves - I am not pro-secondhand smoke but
anti-hypocrisy)