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On 19 Feb 1995, Tommy the Tourist wrote:

> c551531@showme.missouri.edu wrote:
> 
> Do the restaurants you frequent have a lot of horses *INSIDE* 
> them? Do the horse owners throw a hissy fit when you suggest that 
> maybe they ought to leave their horses outside where they won't 
> bother anyone?  Do they throw a tantrum and claim to have a 
> "right" to spoil your meal and make you nauseous?

Now, Tommy, of course not. The airborne particles do, however, get into 
my house; as I've said before, during certain seasons, these things make 
me sick, and I don't even have to go into a restaurant. Equestrians and 
horticulturalists compound these problems.

> 
> Do your neighbors take their grass-growing addiction with them 
> wherever they go, and insist on inflicting it upon others?  Do 
> they cut and dry some of it, then burn it at their table so that 
> everyone can enjoy the lovely aroma?  (What class of plants do 
> you think tobacco belongs to, anyway?)

My neighbors' lawns generally stay in one place. By growing and mowing, 
they inflict it upon others. They don't have to burn it. 



> So you're saying that nobody should be protected from anything 
> until we're able to protect everyone from everything?

I repeat:

> > No, I'm saying its hypocritical horsehit to protect people who 
> > are  sensitive to tobacco smoke while not protecting people who 
> > are subject to  other environmental incidentals.
> 
> Let's not go overboard with your "tolerance".  So how should 
> these "murderers" with horses and lawns be executed?  Oops, if 
> they're also "morons", they can probably get off by pleading 
> "insanity".

I was parodying a fanatic not altogether different from you, Nitro-freak.

> 
> Like you people who WHINE about having to forego your nicotine 
> habit for a WHOLE HOUR?  Poor babies!  Maybe you can find some 
> other phallic substitute to suck on in the meantime.
>  

It's not a question of not smoking for an hour. It's a question of twits 
who think they can control everyone else's behavior whenever and wherever 
they choose. Compromise is not in their vocabulary. As for your last 
comment, it's trite. 


> Hurry up and log off, or you'll miss your smoking break.

No need to--I'm having a smoke right now.

> 
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> 
On what part(s) of your body do you have this tattoo?

Buster