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Originally Posted by BlueStarAirlines
Just a pet peeve of mine, but statements like the above are so illogical. Your neighbor doesn't like the smell of pot. Your neighbor doesn't mind the smell of cigars. Where does the "hypocrite" come into play?
It would be more accurate to say you don't like the smell of either and can't comprehend liking one but not the other.
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I don’t know… maybe:
Your pot smoking should not be legal because I don’t like the smell.
But
My smoking tobacco should be legal even though you don’t like the smell.
Seems pretty hypocritical to me.
(and yes, anti-pot as an intoxicant but pro-alcohol is also hypocritical)
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