On the topic of things which are more than slightly ridiculous
I present this excerpt from Facebook, including a delightful Godwinning IN THE FIRST COMMENT. BY THE ORIGINAL POSTER.
Do read on, it's not very long:
Cynthia: Did you guys know the "fresh air" act got passed in New York? Where it states that it is illegal to smoke cigarettes in front of stores, illegal to smoke in the Times Square area or in some state college? And Nassau and Suffolk county usually goes with the city, so very soon we can't smoke anywhere. Where is the freedom that the our Constitution states??
One of Cynthia's friends: on the upside, it's healthy!
Cynthia: Yeah, and very soon they are gonna take away things that we love too. There is a saying, "First, they came from the Jew,and it wasn't me, so I didn't stand up. Then they came for the blacks, and it wasn't me so I didn't stand up. And now th...ey came for me, and there is no one left after me."
And yes, I don't smoke cigarette and I am a vegetarian, but then smoking like any other things we like is a rights that we free American should have.
Cynthia's friend again: no no i agree with you love i just have hopes in it maybe benefitting in that one way
Cynthia: Yeah, but if we are keep looking at the good side and not see what it is REALLY about, then one day, we are gonna become like China, where we can only have one legal child. Coz over there, it is by law that they can only have one child that would be recognize by the law.
Me: I don't mean this in a rude way at all, hun, but what about people like me, who are allergic to cigarette smoke? I'm always happy when I find out someplace is smoke-free because it means I'm able to go there without having to choke the who...le time or pull out my rescue inhaler if it's particularly smoky.
Also, quoting the poem by Martin Niemoller is a bit disingenuous. It hurts no one when someone is black, Jewish, a Mason, etc. It hurts the person who smokes and everyone around him or her. Also, no one's loading smokers onto a train to gas them to death...there's really no comparison between the situations. There's also nowhere in the Constitution that smoking is a protected freedom, and much as the Founding Fathers were fond of their pipes, I hardly think they would have argued with a public health and safety law that benefits many--especially if they had known then what we know about the dangers of secondhand smoke, carcinogens in tobacco, etc.
Things I would like to post but would rather not hear about in a poorly-written Facebook rant later:
GET SOME MOTHERFUCKING PERSPECTIVE HOLY FUCK. AND SHUT UP ABOUT CHINA AND NAZIS OH MY FUCK HOW ARE YOU POSSIBLY THIS FUCKING IGNORANT!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!
INSTA-UPDATE!!
Cynthia: Yes, but it is about freedom. And they are taking things away from us. Okay, today is banning smoke, next is going to be what? What do you care and love to do the most, now imagine they are making that illegal. How would you feel? I am allergic to antibiotics, but just because I am allergic to it that doesn't mean if they take that away from others, I would be ok with it. I would fight for the side which provides freedom. But hey, pick your demons. I picked mine.
Me: Yes, but when someone else takes an antibiotic, it doesn't enter your airspace (well, generally not, I suppose if they were taking it in liquid form it might be possible). There's not really a way that someone else taking a necessary medication could hurt you unless they intentionally hurt you. I'd be more worried about the government destroying our educational system and taking away our bodily autonomy and personal privacy than about smoking, at least at this juncture.
Me: Eh I forgot this sentence--I'm not against people smoking, that I don't mind at all, it's their body and they can do what they like with it. The smoking in public places I disagree with because at that point it affects everyone around them... and does things to other people's bodies against the will of those people, who did not choose to smoke. I guess I just don't understand why it's a big deal that people can't smoke in public--as long as they can still do it in their own homes and on private property, it's still legal, right?
I am waiting on tenterhooks for a brilliant "BUT THEY ARE TAKING AWAY OUR FREEDUMBZ!" to that last comment of mine.
I had a class with this girl at Nassau. She really is dumb as a bucket of rocks. Nice enough, but Jesus fuck if she was my kid I'd've drowned her, that's the level of dumb we're talking here.
Actually, she's improving--at least now her sentences are fairly intelligible. When we were at Nassau, I'd have to decipher her e-mails and then ask her about four times if my interpretation was what she actually meant.
EDIT THE SECOND
Her dumbass boyfriend: According to the World Bank, China has a population of 1,330,460,000 people as compared to the USA, which has a population of 307,006,550 people. They have a trillion more people than we do. That is the reason why they have mandatory abortions.
I don't know whether to laugh or cry. This whole comment thread is making me want to carpet-bomb Nassau County.
Do read on, it's not very long:
Cynthia: Did you guys know the "fresh air" act got passed in New York? Where it states that it is illegal to smoke cigarettes in front of stores, illegal to smoke in the Times Square area or in some state college? And Nassau and Suffolk county usually goes with the city, so very soon we can't smoke anywhere. Where is the freedom that the our Constitution states??
One of Cynthia's friends: on the upside, it's healthy!
Cynthia: Yeah, and very soon they are gonna take away things that we love too. There is a saying, "First, they came from the Jew,and it wasn't me, so I didn't stand up. Then they came for the blacks, and it wasn't me so I didn't stand up. And now th...ey came for me, and there is no one left after me."
And yes, I don't smoke cigarette and I am a vegetarian, but then smoking like any other things we like is a rights that we free American should have.
Cynthia's friend again: no no i agree with you love i just have hopes in it maybe benefitting in that one way
Cynthia: Yeah, but if we are keep looking at the good side and not see what it is REALLY about, then one day, we are gonna become like China, where we can only have one legal child. Coz over there, it is by law that they can only have one child that would be recognize by the law.
Me: I don't mean this in a rude way at all, hun, but what about people like me, who are allergic to cigarette smoke? I'm always happy when I find out someplace is smoke-free because it means I'm able to go there without having to choke the who...le time or pull out my rescue inhaler if it's particularly smoky.
Also, quoting the poem by Martin Niemoller is a bit disingenuous. It hurts no one when someone is black, Jewish, a Mason, etc. It hurts the person who smokes and everyone around him or her. Also, no one's loading smokers onto a train to gas them to death...there's really no comparison between the situations. There's also nowhere in the Constitution that smoking is a protected freedom, and much as the Founding Fathers were fond of their pipes, I hardly think they would have argued with a public health and safety law that benefits many--especially if they had known then what we know about the dangers of secondhand smoke, carcinogens in tobacco, etc.
Things I would like to post but would rather not hear about in a poorly-written Facebook rant later:
GET SOME MOTHERFUCKING PERSPECTIVE HOLY FUCK. AND SHUT UP ABOUT CHINA AND NAZIS OH MY FUCK HOW ARE YOU POSSIBLY THIS FUCKING IGNORANT!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!
INSTA-UPDATE!!
Cynthia: Yes, but it is about freedom. And they are taking things away from us. Okay, today is banning smoke, next is going to be what? What do you care and love to do the most, now imagine they are making that illegal. How would you feel? I am allergic to antibiotics, but just because I am allergic to it that doesn't mean if they take that away from others, I would be ok with it. I would fight for the side which provides freedom. But hey, pick your demons. I picked mine.
Me: Yes, but when someone else takes an antibiotic, it doesn't enter your airspace (well, generally not, I suppose if they were taking it in liquid form it might be possible). There's not really a way that someone else taking a necessary medication could hurt you unless they intentionally hurt you. I'd be more worried about the government destroying our educational system and taking away our bodily autonomy and personal privacy than about smoking, at least at this juncture.
Me: Eh I forgot this sentence--I'm not against people smoking, that I don't mind at all, it's their body and they can do what they like with it. The smoking in public places I disagree with because at that point it affects everyone around them... and does things to other people's bodies against the will of those people, who did not choose to smoke. I guess I just don't understand why it's a big deal that people can't smoke in public--as long as they can still do it in their own homes and on private property, it's still legal, right?
I am waiting on tenterhooks for a brilliant "BUT THEY ARE TAKING AWAY OUR FREEDUMBZ!" to that last comment of mine.
I had a class with this girl at Nassau. She really is dumb as a bucket of rocks. Nice enough, but Jesus fuck if she was my kid I'd've drowned her, that's the level of dumb we're talking here.
Actually, she's improving--at least now her sentences are fairly intelligible. When we were at Nassau, I'd have to decipher her e-mails and then ask her about four times if my interpretation was what she actually meant.
EDIT THE SECOND
Her dumbass boyfriend: According to the World Bank, China has a population of 1,330,460,000 people as compared to the USA, which has a population of 307,006,550 people. They have a trillion more people than we do. That is the reason why they have mandatory abortions.
I don't know whether to laugh or cry. This whole comment thread is making me want to carpet-bomb Nassau County.