quittin' smoking

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> > From: pgh-goth-list-bounces at listless.org [mailto:pgh-goth-list-
> > bounces at listless.org] On Behalf Of Chris Rapier
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 10:49 AM
> > Cc: pgh-goth-list at listless.org
> > Subject: Re: quittin' smoking
> >
> > See my whole feeling is that if you don't like the smoke you don't
> > have to go there. Everyone makes choices in life and its really a
> > matter of what option is most important to you. If going to a club or
> > a bar that has smoking is more important than not being around smoke
> > then thats your choice. Obviously, this is just as true for smokers.
> > If going to a non-smoking place is more imporatnt to you than having a
> > smoke then that is their choice. Each group respects the others
> > boundaries and behaves themselves when they made the choice to go
> > either type of location.
> >

 
Hold on a sec. I'm coming a little late to the party here, but this doesn't quite track to me.
 
 
Say I want to go to a show. I can go if I want, but I know there'll be folks swinging large meat cleavers standing on the dance floor. I can go as long as I can avoid the meat cleavers. There's my choice.
 
Now, I want to go to a show, and there'll be smokers there. I can avoid the people, but their smoke will be everywhere. I cannot go to the show and avoid it.
 
If people can smoke at a venue and not, say, exhale, okay, that's fine. But until then, non-smokers are really stuck. I'd rather be able to decide to go out based on if I want to see the show or not, not if I can stand the audience poisoning the air or not.