'Litterbug vigilante' stops cigarette tosser

[ISRW]

Rude, inconsiderate, potentially dangerous actions are being defended, here, on the basis of the fact that they've been made more convenient than cleaning up after one's own habits. The piece of gum I'm chewing right now will wind up in the trash, and my gummi bear bag will get thrown in the gas station can later on. Smokers can't play by the same rules as everyone else why?

Beyond that, the innocent question I've always had, and I cannot be alone in this, is: If the butt is so disgusting it needs to be flicked away immediately, why in heck are you putting that thing in your mouth?

[You are common sense]

ISRW wrote:

Rude, inconsiderate, potentially dangerous actions are being defended, here, on the basis of the fact that they've been made more convenient than cleaning up after one's own habits. The piece of gum I'm chewing right now will wind up in the trash, and my gummi bear bag will get thrown in the gas station can later on. Smokers can't play by the same rules as everyone else why?
Beyond that, the innocent question I've always had, and I cannot be alone in this, is: If the butt is so disgusting it needs to be flicked away immediately, why in heck are you putting that thing in your mouth?

Wonder if they ever think about the concept of your statement. If they would there would be less butts on the ground. And into their lungs. But then again people who smoke is their business but it becomes an intrusion into our business when it is tossed on the ground where we walk and into the earth on which we all live.

[Mellers]

Just Info wrote:

How about that said: I also think those that litter with all their butts, fast food trash ; we should pick it up and pile it on their front lawn. Maybe that would rile them to a positive effort to stop doing such a filthy habit.
Good idea but I kind of like the commercial they have now where the guy collects all the trash the other guy has dropped and then glues it together into a big pile and puts it on the littrbugs hood and says, "You dropped this".
That is funny! Of course doing it for real might get someone attacked but it is a fun concept.

I'm in Seattle right now, visiting family. I took a picture of the "Litter and it will hurt" signs that are everywhere by the side of the road. Love it.

[LooseSCruz]

ISRW wrote:

Rude, inconsiderate, potentially dangerous actions are being defended, here, on the basis of the fact that they've been made more convenient than cleaning up after one's own habits. The piece of gum I'm chewing right now will wind up in the trash, and my gummi bear bag will get thrown in the gas station can later on. Smokers can't play by the same rules as everyone else why?
Beyond that, the innocent question I've always had, and I cannot be alone in this, is: If the butt is so disgusting it needs to be flicked away immediately, why in heck are you putting that thing in your mouth?

I smoke and somehow I manage to utilize ashtrays and other waste receptacles when I'm finished smoking a cigarette.

And I'm not sure why you're singling out smokers. On a given day, I see people throwing trash out their windows, dropping it on the ground as they walk, and since I live in Bonny Doon, I get the distinct pleasure of seeing, while driving to and from town, what were once nice areas of forestry covered in peoples' old couches and other shit that for some reason they needed to throw down a hill than dispose of properly.

So it's not just smokers who need to get their act together.

And as far as your question at the end, the answer is that the cigarette gets flicked because you're done with it, not because the butt is gross. We wouldn't smoke so much if we thought it was gross. When you start to think it's gross is when you should probably go ahead and give it up.

[funny]

SunShine wrote:

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He says while throwin another Big Mac down his gullet!
Hey, it's you so called “health conscious” prigs that want everyone to smoke outside!
So in the interest of what has been bandied about by the MN Legion of Leftists, and I quote “Stop your whining and Deal With It”
If they were still sittin in the bars, they would be using the ashtrays.
If the cars still HAD ashtrays, they would use them more.
You want to kick them to the curb? That's where the butts will be.
Idiots!

beautiful.:o)

[Archie Anderson]

To our friends that see "only Butt tossers" Now be honest and observant and count the trash recepticals at the exits of ALL FAST FOOD places.
Did you count yet? here is the answer zero -0- none nada.
Now count the ash trays in front of the politically correct places like hospitals,Sammy's Pizza,etc again -0- none.
A large county hospital advised house keeping and grounds workers to let the "BUTTS" accumulate and show the public what dirty people smokers are.
Come on gang, Look at the anti smoking groups that have "PUBLIC GRANTS" to crawl on their knees to look for cigarette butts "ONLY" they are then counted and weighed and "DISPLAYED" at a handy news conference with the "ENLIGHTENED MEDIA". Saint Cloud Minnesota has one of the politically motivated and public funded "BUTT BRIGADES"

If the only thing "SENSITIVE ANTI SMOKERS" see as BUTTS as trash,....Please, don,t make any serious decisions that requires basic observation.

[Jim]

LooseSCruz wrote:

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I smoke and somehow I manage to utilize ashtrays and other waste receptacles when I'm finished smoking a cigarette.
And I'm not sure why you're singling out smokers. On a given day, I see people throwing trash out their windows, dropping it on the ground as they walk, and since I live in Bonny Doon, I get the distinct pleasure of seeing, while driving to and from town, what were once nice areas of forestry covered in peoples' old couches and other **** that for some reason they needed to throw down a hill than dispose of properly.
So it's not just smokers who need to get their act together.
And as far as your question at the end, the answer is that the cigarette gets flicked because you're done with it, not because the butt is gross. We wouldn't smoke so much if we thought it was gross. When you start to think it's gross is when you should probably go ahead and give it up.

Smokers are singled out because their trash is burning and starts many fires.

[Archie Anderson]

Jim wrote:

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Smokers are singled out because their trash is burning and starts many fires.

Jim:
Here is a newsflash, The antismokers and their lapdog Philip Morris have "MANDATED" fire safe cigaretts, If you have not noticed there has not been one discarded smoking material caused fire since the monumental law was passed in December of 08.
Because the Minnesota professional fire fighters and anti smoking funded fire chief activists that reported almost every fire as carelessly discarded smoking material caused. they are now stuck with their FIRE SAFE cigarettes and would feel silly reporting a fire caused by their new political safety device.
Only one thing. Philip Morris the anti smoking lap dog and Go fetch puppy for the anti smoking cartel AND owner of the patented rolling paper called "SELECT" regards the rolling paper as fire retardant only and adds there is no such thing as a fire safe cigarette.
However the anti smoking cartel and their lobby thought it would sound better if the press release described the rolliing paper a s FIRE SAFE instead of the manufacturers description of FIRE RERARDANT.

"And all the impressed people cheered loudly"
I hope all of the litigation folks named SUE are taking notice so when your fire safe cigarette burns your house down you recieve compesation from the "FIRE SAFE FOLKS"

[Monk]

Mellers wrote:

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I'm in Seattle right now, visiting family. I took a picture of the "Litter and it will hurt" signs that are everywhere by the side of the road. Love it.

Hope you're enjoying the rain forest.

[Archie Anderson]

Mellers:

are all those signs up along the roads yet looking for the lost native, "watch for falling rock?

[Monk]

Archie Anderson wrote:

Mellers:
are all those signs up along the roads yet looking for the lost native, "watch for falling rock?

Arch- Thanks for reminding me about the John Candy Steve Martin movie, I had a dream about Laila Robins. Kind of a
Bogart thing. People smoking, that haze
in the air. But it didn't last long..
enough.

[Motley Larry]

The only thing I say to smokers is thanks,I am on social security and the sooner you die,the more money stays in the system.

[Ann_StPaul]

Don Juan wrote:

I think my concern here would be more on finding the creepy **** who is inpersonating a police officer and pulling over women. What were his real intetions? You don't really think it was to deter littering do you? I'd say he's one of two: a rapist, or maybe a killer looking for his next victim?
No?

Exactly!!!!

[Your fault]

From the sounds of the Nanny Biker in MN, the BO Brownshirts will have a Moped Division. They will make everyone quit smoking but will punish the ex-smokers by forcing them to continue paying the cig taxes until death....becuzz it's FO the PO' CHILLINS in China/Africa/Noo Orlins/Chicago!

[Pat Kittle]

Don Juan wrote:

I think my concern here would be more on finding the creepy **** who is inpersonating a police officer and pulling over women. What were his real intetions? You don't really think it was to deter littering do you? I'd say he's one of two: a rapist, or maybe a killer looking for his next victim?
No?

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

[Mellers]

Monk wrote:

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Hope you're enjoying the rain forest.

There was snow in the rainforest!!

[J-NIZZLE]

Response to Rider: could it be that maybe you were weaving in and out of traffic like most asshole motorcyclists here in CA do? I have been driving for 25 years and I have been in 3 accidents - ALL OF THEM BECAUSE A MOTORCYCLIST HIT ME!!! I have screws in my fucking ankle for the rest of my life because you guys think that you own the road - I do like your idea of the glass marbles, will give that a try sometime, but what I really like to do is spray you guys with my windshield wiper fluid - HAVE A NICE DAY :)

[attn_required]

J-nizzle, WTF the Cali sun got to you!

[Jude]

Isn't it a shame that cars and trucks aren't equipped with ashtrays! Oh that's right!!! They are!!

A while back my husband, while stopped at a traffic light and seeing someone throw out a cigarette butt, got out of his car...picked up the discarded butt and handed it back to the driver saying...excuse me I think you dropped this...

What I would suggest is what we do now is honk whenever someone throws butts or trash out their window...it works! Let's people know that others are aware of what they are doing and that it is wrong...

[Archie]

Jude:

Flippin butts is a political statement, it would be safer if your husband Dude simply ate the butts he scrounges up,The half eaten hamburgers,the "filled pampers" hypodermic needles and , OH wait!! he is only programmed for cigarette butts ? expand your horizons with some purity in your hostility, pick up all of the trash and take it back to the trailer park. Thank ewe