SMOKERS

[PhilG]

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[Punk Rooster]

You lot should have seen me in action over on Aus Boards - there was one smoker there I took to complete and utter shreds.

what a fargen hero you are - all hail to PhilG

as smoking is your god-given right, whilst accepting the responsibilities that come with your actions, you can also decline to use the public health system when your illnesses start- after all it was your choice!

[Wedgie]

[scoob]

Didnt you mean to put that on the 3 word story thread?

[Wedgie]

Didnt you mean to put that on the 3 word story thread?

Definately not, that's taken off, there's more intelligence in 3 word than half the crap on this thread.

[mal]

that 3 word story is up to
6292 views
remarkable what can be achieved by starting that thread
with me as the scapegoat

[Wedgie]

that 3 word story is up to
6292 views
remarkable what can be achieved by starting that thread
with me as the scapegoat

You're a cult hero mal, what can we say?
Only a matter of time before the site is renamed to SA Mal.

PS Is it true they named Rundle Mal after you?

[our_longreach]

as smoking is your god-given right, whilst accepting the responsibilities that come with your actions, you can also decline to use the public health system when your illnesses start- after all it was your choice!

Very well said punk...

[Wedgie]

Not really, if you actually look at the facts and don't fall for the propaganda about then you'll see smokers actually pay more in tax than they spend with the public health system.
If everyone stopped smoking there'd be a huge chunk of tax dollars needed from somewhere else, ie the general public.
I personally would like to thank all the smokers out there for subsidising my tax dollar.

[PhilG]

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[Punk Rooster]

As far as freedom of choice goes - does that include choosing to inflict that smoke on people who want nothing to do with it?

That doesn't happen at all Phil- any smoker will tell you that...

[PhilG]

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[Wedgie]

I don't! Sorry, Wedgie, but the majority of your tax dollar comes from the GST - not those filthy bits of weed.

On the other hand - you're right about tax on cigarettes v public health. And I think every tax dollar there should go into it. But even then it wouldn't be enough to save it.

As far as freedom of choice goes - does that include choosing to inflict that smoke on people who want nothing to do with it?

Nah mate, I too have an issue with smokers who pass their smoke onto others especially parents who smoke in the same car as their kids, that's disgraceful IMHO.
But having said that, if you go to the settlers front bar like Mal did I have no problems, as front bars have been like that for many years and people know that they're expecting. If I goto a nightclub I go fully expecting to smell like a smoker the next day, if I had an issue with it I'd go elsewhere.
Having said that the winds of change are happening as we speak and it shouldn't be as much an issue soon with the change of laws.

[PhilG]

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[Wedgie]

As I don't frequent bars I couldn't comment on that. My main area of concern is rail platforms. In Victoria covered areas are now smoke free, but there are still people who insist on smoking and not caring. That's what I'm talking about.

Well then its not smokers you have an issue with, its peopole who break the law you have an issue with.

[PhilG]

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[Wedgie]

In my experience it's the same thing. I have rarely come across a polite smoker. Even before the law was introduced they were doing it.

Yeah, you're spot on Phil, all smokers are criminals, just like you have better knowledge of kids than all parents.
You should run for PM mate.

BTW mate, every disabled person who doesn't smoke Ive found to be a criminal.
Isn't generalisation fun?

[PhilG]

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[Wedgie]

As for smoking on the other hand - yes, smokers who don't care about the people around them are criminals in my book and the sooner people like that are dragged to a Quit program the better.

Yeah mate, agreed, every single smoker in the world should be shot, perhaps tortured beforehand.
Bugger terrorists or murderers or rapists, smokers are the evilist peopel on the fact of the planet, Im with you mate.

[PhilG]

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