[fdpaq0580]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

What if they are spreading their toxic ideology to my grandchildren?

Different subject! Don't deflect with "what if", or "what about".

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

You know what's REALLY perverted/insane/unnatural - is being SO upset by only .5% (one half of one percent) of people in the USA, that you'd have to find a topic about smoking to complain about it.

Heh. This place is Geezer Central. I doubt that there has ever been any discrete group of people since the time of Sargon The Great MORE inclined to grouse about whatever, than geezers are.

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

Different subject! Don't deflect with "what if", or "what about".

No, it's exactly the same. Because this is America, we tolerate minorities whether they are poisoning their lungs with smoke (outside away from the crowd so all you get is the smell and will never inhale enough to damage your lungs) or poisoning our minds with ideology. No difference, you can't have it both ways.

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

WOW! I'm convinced! We should start toddlers in preschool on scotch and cigars so they will grow up strong and healthy and live long lives, just like you. 😏🙄

I don't know if it is a point to be taken lightly. People can demonstrably shorten their life expectancy by needless worry.

"Research shows that overreacting, constantly worrying, and living in a state of perpetual anxiety can reduce life expectancy." (Verywellmind, Oct. 17, 2023)

[fdpaq0580]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

No, it's exactly the same. Because this is America, we tolerate minorities whether they are poisoning their lungs with smoke (outside away from the crowd so all you get is the smell and will never inhale enough to damage your lungs) or poisoning our minds with ideology. No difference, you can't have it both ways.

Both are undesirable, but they are not the same thing. Like being electrocuted vs being bitten by a shark. Both are undesirable, but they are not the same and need to be handled in different ways, regardless of what country or ocean you are in.

[fdpaq0580]

Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive

I don't know if it is a point to be taken lightly. People can demonstrably shorten their life expectancy by needless worry.

"Research shows that overreacting, constantly worrying, and living in a state of perpetual anxiety can reduce life expectancy." (Verywellmind, Oct. 17, 2023)

True. Anxiety can be deadly, and should never be taken lightly.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive

Heh. This place is Geezer Central. I doubt that there has ever been any discrete group of people since the time of Sargon The Great MORE inclined to grouse about whatever, than geezers are.

I like to think of it as FossilTown.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

No, it's exactly the same. Because this is America, we tolerate minorities whether they are poisoning their lungs with smoke (outside away from the crowd so all you get is the smell and will never inhale enough to damage your lungs) or poisoning our minds with ideology. No difference, you can't have it both ways.

You can't get "cancer of the gay." You can't get "gay of the cancer." If you are exposed to a black person who prays to Allah, you can't catch his blackness.

You need to stop being afraid of things that can't hurt you. Or not. If someone's rainbow flag causes you anger and anxiety, well - it must just really suck to be you I guess.

But if someone was burning that flag, and the smoke drifted over to my yard, I might have a thought or two about the smoke. I don't care about the flag, because there is nothing about it that can hurt me.

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

You can't get "cancer of the gay." You can't get "gay of the cancer." If you are exposed to a black person who prays to Allah, you can't catch his blackness.

You need to stop being afraid of things that can't hurt you. Or not. If someone's rainbow flag causes you anger and anxiety, well - it must just really suck to be you I guess.

But if someone was burning that flag, and the smoke drifted over to my yard, I might have a thought or two about the smoke. I don't care about the flag, because there is nothing about it that can hurt me.

And exposure to cigar/cigarette/pipe smoke 30+ feet outdoors for a few minutes each time someone happens to light up at the town square when you are in attendance can't hurt you either. And I couldn't care less about a rainbow flag. I do care if transgenders or sun worshipers or satanists want to try to indoctrinate my grandchildren through parades, the classroom, and infiltration of TV, the movies and social media. Again, you can't have it both ways. You can't state that a smoker is evil and should be denied any rights while transgenderism is wholesome and natural, we should embrace them and change American culture for them.

Full disclosure---I am not a smoker.

[LeRoySmith]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

What if they are spreading their toxic ideology to my grandchildren?

I'm scared, we agree on something.

[Shipping up to Boston]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

No, it's exactly the same. Because this is America, we tolerate minorities whether they are poisoning their lungs with smoke (outside away from the crowd so all you get is the smell and will never inhale enough to damage your lungs) or poisoning our minds with ideology. No difference, you can't have it both ways.

Doc...youre making it harder to be your friend. But I'm hangin' in there!

Can't wait til November when the smoke from the newly legal, freshly rolled 'fattys' clear out all these curmudgeons in the squares!

*This from a non smoker

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

But if someone was burning that flag, and the smoke drifted over to my yard, I might have a thought or two about the smoke. I don't care about the flag, because there is nothing about it that can hurt me.

Except its absence.

Of course.

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive

Except its absence.

Of course.

I don't think "they" think that way. Not even on Memorial Day or Veterans Day. Remember "their" basic premise---America is evil and racist and needs to be "fundamentally transformed". Even typing it leaves a bad taste in my mouth