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Eric · 14-06-2007, 16:32

I voted yes ... even tho' it's not really any of my business. Ontario has had a blanket ban for over a year. After a few months it ceases to be much of an issue. I was a heavy smoker (two packs a day {50** for more years than I care to count). It almost killed me, whenever I feel the urge to light up I look at the scars I have from the surgery. However, I think that rather than punishing the addicts much more effort and cash should be directed at making sure as few people as possible start the habit.

The thing that really bothers me about the issue is the attitude of the "smoking nazis", holier than thou crusaders. With these a**holes smoking becomes a moral issue, smokers to them are somehow not as good (in the moral sense) as non-smokers. This is the wrong attitude. A smoker is an addict to a legal substance, he is not, and should not be treated as, a criminal.

14-06-2007, 16:32	#33
Eric God Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Kingston, Ontario, Canada Posts: 9,290 Liked: 2347 times Rep Power: 58528	Re: 1st July 2007 I voted yes ... even tho' it's not really any of my business. Ontario has had a blanket ban for over a year. After a few months it ceases to be much of an issue. I was a heavy smoker (two packs a day {50 for more years than I care to count). It almost killed me, whenever I feel the urge to light up I look at the scars I have from the surgery. However, I think that rather than punishing the addicts much more effort and cash should be directed at making sure as few people as possible start the habit. The thing that really bothers me about the issue is the attitude of the "smoking nazis", holier than thou crusaders. With these aholes smoking becomes a moral issue, smokers to them are somehow not as good (in the moral sense) as non-smokers. This is the wrong attitude. A smoker is an addict to a legal substance, he is not, and should not be treated as, a criminal.