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Interchangeable Stupidity March 31 at 1:01 AM

Recently I have decided I’m not going to smoke cigarettes. Since I have decided this, I look upon the whole idea of smoking, and the people who do it as completely stupid; in fact, dangerously stupid. I don’t see the point; it is a dangerous substance and should be banned.

- It is unhealthy. One or two cigarettes are fine, but most people cannot understand that concept, and use it way too much. That creates many serious heath problems, and can even lead to death.

- It endangers my life. People say that smoking only affects them, but they are wrong. What if I’m in a restaurant with a smoker? Is that safe for me?

If you can not understand my reasoning then you must be stupid. Fine, go kill yourself, but don’t do it around me.

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Recently I have decided I’m not going to drink alcohol. Since I have decided this, I look upon the whole idea of alcohol, and the people who use it as completely stupid; in fact, dangerously stupid. I don’t see the point; it is a dangerous substance and should be banned.

- It is unhealthy. One or two drinks are fine, but most people cannot understand that concept, and use it way too much. That creates many serious heath problems, and can even lead to death.

- It endangers my life. People say that drinking only affects them, but they are wrong. What if I’m on the road with a drunk-driver? Is that safe for me?

If you can not understand my reasoning then you must be stupid. Fine, go kill yourself, but don’t do it around me.

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Recently I have decided I’m not going to drive a car. Since I have decided this, I look upon the whole idea of driving, and the people who do it as completely stupid; in fact, dangerously stupid. I don’t see the point; it is a dangerous activity and should be banned.

- It is unhealthy. One or two car rides are fine, but most people cannot understand that concept, and do it way too much. This raises their chances of getting into a car accident, and can even lead to death.

- It endangers my life. People say that driving only affects them, but they are wrong. What if I’m on the walking on the sidewalk while sleepy drivers drive by? Is that safe for me?

If you can not understand my reasoning then you must be stupid. Fine, go kill yourself, but don’t do it around me.

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Recently I have decided I’m not going to live past 50 years old. Since I have decided this, I look upon the whole idea of living past 50, and the people who do it as completely stupid; in fact, dangerously stupid. I don’t see the point; it is a dangerous activity and should be banned.

- It is unhealthy. 40 or 45 years is fine, but most people cannot understand that concept, and live way too long. This raises their chances of having health problems, and can even lead to death.

- It endangers my life. People say that living past 50 only affects them, but they are wrong. What if I’m on the walking on the sidewalk next to an old person and they cough on me giving me one of their old person diseases? Is that safe for me?

If you can not understand my reasoning then you must be stupid. Fine, go live, but don’t do it around me.

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Mike Harrington May 20, 2003 7:53 AM

Ban cigarettes? More command and control? Didn't the US learn its lesson from prohibition? Or half a million people in prison in the US from marijuana? If someone smokes tobacco, it's because they want to. Maybe it's because if you quit smoking, everyone else on the planet should have to quit too. Who needs a nanny state?

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