From: jclarke.usenet@cox.net   
      
   David Friedman wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   >  Bill Swears  wrote:   
   >   
   >> John F. Eldredge wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> There were also some smokers who would feel offended if the   
   >>> non-smoker's response was "Please don't smoke."  The attitude of   
   >>> these smokers was that the question was rhetorical, and that   
   >>> acquiescence to smoking was the polite thing for the non-smoker to   
   >>> do.  I have met some such people (for that matter, I know a few   
   >>> smokers who still feel that they are being oppressed by not being   
   >>> able to smoke anytime they feel like it).   
   >>   
   >> I imagine that if you were in the culture, you'd find heroine   
   >> addicts   
   >> with similar feelings.   
   >   
   > The problem with heroine addiction is the shortage of heroines.   
   >   
   > So far as heroin addicts are concerned, the attitude seems a good   
   > deal   
   > more justified in their case than in the case of smokers.   
      
   Personally I don't smoke, but I think that the way the US handles   
   smoking is just another example of Puritanism running amok.   
      
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