12 Mar
2006
12 Mar
'06
5:38 p.m.
On Sun, 2006-03-12 at 15:11 -0600, Jan Depner wrote:
On Sun, 2006-03-12 at 15:59 -0500, Lee Revell wrote:
I wasn't calling you a hypocrite, the hypocrisy is in calling it a
"Clean Air Zone" rather than a "No Smoking Area". The smoking issue
was
a bad example as there's massive hypocrisy and doublespeak on both sides
of that debate.
Lee
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.
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)