🚀 go-pugleaf

D. Citron (dcitron@gate.net) wrote:
: Brian J. Rueger (brueger@infi.net) wrote:
: : In article <D49p49.19x@crash.cts.com>,
: : kephart@crash.cts.com (Wray Kephart) wrote:
: : >on 18 Feb 1995 23:36:32 GMT Tommy the Tourist (Anon User) (nobody@csua.berkeley.edu) posted:
: : >X Mohammed stole 45 pounds of TNT on Friday.  We're waiting for them to
: : >X tell us what the target is then we'll procede as planned.
: : >
: : >Mohammed forgot <as Gods Profit> that there are others also living in this
: : >world; 'Incha Allah!'.
: : >
: : So Kephart, you finally figured out that there are "others also
: : living in this world."  Gez, I thought that for smokers there were
: : only smokers and people that like smoke living in this world.  You
: : mean that it's not a vacuum???

: If Kepfart would try to smoke in a vacuum, maybe we'd have one less 
: polluter to worry about!

I have been lurking on this newsgroup since our vegetarian argument
spilled over here, I must now vent my views. As I understand it this is a
newsgroup for smokers, their experiences, their enjoyment, their dislike,
whatever, it is for them. What I don't understand is the mentality of the
non-smokers on this newsgroup. Firstly they would have to pass the
newsgroup, on seeing alt.smokers, rather than saying 'well I don't smoke,
of what interest would this be to me', they invariably say 'I've got it!
lets impose our self-righteous, convuluted, moralistic arguments on them.'
A result of this decision is that we only seem to get non-smokers of
incredibly low IQ arguing on this newsgroup, a shame really as I wouldn't
mind so much if there was an intelligent debate being brought forward by
the non-smokers.
Comments like 'smokers only believe there to be other non-smokers on this
planet' and 'if Kepfart (clever play on words there, well done) would try to
smoke in a vacuum.....etc' and it is mindless comments like this that is
likey to make smokers think 'If I give up will I be as stupid and facile
as them' I suppose I am lucky as I live in Britain and we haven't embraced the
anti-smoking hysteria in the same way you Americans have.
Leave us in peace, go and annoy someoneelse with your poorly thought out
arguments and permanent reference to biased medical journals etc.

Ally.