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Jul 2, 2008

Parents to Smokeshop: Smoking Not "Cool"

For the past several days, the marquee outside The Smoke Stop reads "Smoking really is cool!'' Some parents don't like the message that the sign sends to children.

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“Why hide the truth?”

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My opinion?

Smoking IS in fact cool. It's all in the eye of the beholder.

So why would I actually invoke the ire of so many angry mothers by having the audacity to say that smoking is indeed cool?

Because it is. Not the act of smoking or tobacco use, mind you, but the choice that is made to do so. It is an exercise in individual rights and freedom, and when somebody makes the conscious choice to smoke, they are saying that they are willing to buck popular opinion that goes to such lengths to tell them what they can or can't do, and ddo something on their own.

After all, let's get serious about this. If any breathing human being truly believes that people who take up smoking are unaware of the risks, they need to be committed for psychiatric evaluation. In 2008, we are a little beyond that. But as I like to say, if we are not allowed the right to do things that may be dangerous, what freedom do we really have?

So with that, let me repeat myself. This time in big, bold letters:

Smoking is cool! Get over it.
Any questions?

“Veritas Vincit. Pro Libertate”

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Yes one Where have I seen this before . . .LMAO
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The antismokers are the ones who need to see a psychiatrist indeed. Smoking tobacco is not the worst thang anyone can do on planet Earth. And I agree smoking is cool. Way cooler than binge drinking.

http://chicagosmoker-jay.blogspot.com/
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Smokers Are Drug Addicts

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"Stop Polluting Our Air" is a Crack Ho.
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lets get the truth out there, first of all the owners of the smoke shop Zach and Jason don,t even smoke. They had some of mommy and daddys money laying around and saw the potential in a smoke shop, which by the way they still live at home with mommy and daddy.
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truthfully wrote:
lets get the truth out there, first of all the owners of the smoke shop Zach and Jason don,t even smoke. They had some of mommy and daddys money laying around and saw the potential in a smoke shop, which by the way they still live at home with mommy and daddy.
DM ICU!
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tHE SMOKESHOP SHOULD TELL THE PARENTS TO GO F ..FLY A KITE
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truthfully wrote:
lets get the truth out there, first of all the owners of the smoke shop Zach and Jason don,t even smoke. They had some of mommy and daddys money laying around and saw the potential in a smoke shop, which by the way they still live at home with mommy and daddy.
Your point being?
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truthfully wrote:
lets get the truth out there, first of all the owners of the smoke shop Zach and Jason don,t even smoke. They had some of mommy and daddys money laying around and saw the potential in a smoke shop, which by the way they still live at home with mommy and daddy.
so what. if they smoke, where they got their money and who they live with is none of your business. Quite the busybody aren't ya. I hate busybodies, they are the most stupid people in the world. Ban stupid people
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arclightzero wrote:
My opinion?
Smoking IS in fact cool. It's all in the eye of the beholder.
So why would I actually invoke the ire of so many angry mothers by having the audacity to say that smoking is indeed cool?
Because it is. Not the act of smoking or tobacco use, mind you, but the choice that is made to do so. It is an exercise in individual rights and freedom, and when somebody makes the conscious choice to smoke, they are saying that they are willing to buck popular opinion that goes to such lengths to tell them what they can or can't do, and ddo something on their own.
After all, let's get serious about this. If any breathing human being truly believes that people who take up smoking are unaware of the risks, they need to be committed for psychiatric evaluation. In 2008, we are a little beyond that. But as I like to say, if we are not allowed the right to do things that may be dangerous, what freedom do we really have?
So with that, let me repeat myself. This time in big, bold letters:
Smoking is cool! Get over it.
Any questions?
Just one. Using your same logic, would you agree with this?
crackheadzero wrote:
Smoking crack IS in fact cool. It's all in the eye of the beholder.
So why would I actually invoke the ire of so many angry mothers by having the audacity to say that smoking crack is indeed cool?
Because it is. Not the act of smoking crack or drug use, mind you, but the choice that is made to do so. It is an exercise in individual rights and freedom, and when somebody makes the conscious choice to smoke crack, they are saying that they are willing to buck popular opinion that goes to such lengths to tell them what they can or can't do, and do something on their own.
After all, let's get serious about this. If any breathing human being truly believes that people who take up smoking crack are unaware of the risks, they need to be committed for psychiatric evaluation. In 2008, we are a little beyond that. But as I like to say, if we are not allowed the right to do things that may be dangerous, what freedom do we really have?
So with that, let me repeat myself. This time in big, bold letters:
Smoking crack is cool! Get over it.

“Veritas Vincit. Pro Libertate”

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KHartman wrote:
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Just one. Using your same logic, would you agree with this?
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Small minds are thrilled with small things. You must be very pleased with yourself!
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KHartman wrote:
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Just one. Using your same logic, would you agree with this?
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One is legal and one is not.
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Free_America wrote:
<quoted text>Small minds are thrilled with small things. You must be very pleased with yourself!
K must have fallen off the turnip truck LOL
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