78th smoke-free day! (the great Tiki central mass stop-smoking thread) - Bilge

TM tiki mick Tiki Socialite SOCAL Joined: May 12, 2004 Posts: 4094	TM tiki mick Posted posted on Sun, Jun 14, 2009 2:12 PM On 2009-06-14 13:26, leleliz wrote: Why is everyone so concerned with getting others to stop smoking--esp those who recently have stopped themselves? I get so tired of people standing on top of their soapboxes and looking down at others--esp when in lieu of smoking they eat too much or drink too much or shop too much or drive recklessly or do one or more of a million other things that can affect others negatively. People should be less concerned with what other people are doing and worry about themselves. The government has already stepped in to prohibit smoking in the majority of shared spaces and if you dont want to inhale smoke at a bar that allows it then DON'T GO. Why is this concept so hard to understand? Congrats if you give up 1 addiction--which smoking is--but leave others to their own devices because unless you follow every law, dont overinduldge on anything and are pretty much a saint then regardless of not smoking you don't have any room to judge anyone who does. ::steps off soapbox:: [ Edited by: leleliz 2009-06-14 13:35 ] Why is everyone concerned? Because some of us are nice people. You get tired of people standing on soapboxes and "looking down at others"?? I was not aware that was what I was doing. I was just sharing a personal success story. Hopefully it inspires some other people. This thread was not started by me to engage in political discussion, either covertly or overtly. I can see some of you are veering in that direction, especially leleliz with your codeword of "government has already stepped in", which pretty much identifies your political leanings. Frankly, I would rather not know. Use another thread as your soapbox to push your anti-government agenda, please. If anyone wants to know how I am doing with my smoking cessation, please PM me. Likewise, if anyone wants to try to quit and needs a anti-smoking buddy, please contact me. I am done with this thread, and since some of you are pushing it into the political realm too far, I suggest that this thread be locked, and I am sorry I started it. Pushing some stupid political agenda was NOT what I started this thread for!!!! I had no ulterior motives, just sharing a personal story, that's it. [ Edited by: Lucas Vigor 2009-06-14 14:27 ]

On 2009-06-14 13:26, leleliz wrote:
Why is everyone so concerned with getting others to stop smoking--esp those who recently have stopped themselves?

I get so tired of people standing on top of their soapboxes and looking down at others--esp when in lieu of smoking they eat too much or drink too much or shop too much or drive recklessly or do one or more of a million other things that can affect others negatively.

People should be less concerned with what other people are doing and worry about themselves.

The government has already stepped in to prohibit smoking in the majority of shared spaces and if you dont want to inhale smoke at a bar that allows it then DON'T GO.

Why is this concept so hard to understand?

Congrats if you give up 1 addiction--which smoking is--but leave others to their own devices because unless you follow every law, dont overinduldge on anything and are pretty much a saint then regardless of not smoking you don't have any room to judge anyone who does.

::steps off soapbox::

[ Edited by: leleliz 2009-06-14 13:35 ]

Why is everyone concerned? Because some of us are nice people. You get tired of people standing on soapboxes and "looking down at others"??

I was not aware that was what I was doing. I was just sharing a personal success story. Hopefully it inspires some other people.

This thread was not started by me to engage in political discussion, either covertly or overtly. I can see some of you are veering in that direction, especially leleliz with your codeword of "government has already stepped in", which pretty much identifies your political leanings. Frankly, I would rather not know. Use another thread as your soapbox to push your anti-government agenda, please.

If anyone wants to know how I am doing with my smoking cessation, please PM me. Likewise, if anyone wants to try to quit and needs a anti-smoking buddy, please contact me.

I am done with this thread, and since some of you are pushing it into the political realm too far, I suggest that this thread be locked, and I am sorry I started it. Pushing some stupid political agenda was NOT what I started this thread for!!!! I had no ulterior motives, just sharing a personal story, that's it.

[ Edited by: Lucas Vigor 2009-06-14 14:27 ]

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