[FuelDrop]

This is a PSA: last night an unwisely stubbed cigarette almost lead to the destruction of my local gaming store in a ball of flames. Fortunately a crisis was averted by almost pure luck, and no people or important property were damaged as the fire was contained in a bin full of cardboard boxes. However the lesson remains: DO NOT STUB OUT YOUR CIGARETTES IN BINS FULL OF CARDBOARD!!!

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[Kat9]

Go outside to smoke.

[Black]

People still smoke?

[FuelDrop]

People still smoke?

Depends on how long you douse them with the flamethrower.

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[Mara]

People still smoke?

People are still allowed to smoke inside public places?

[All4BigGuns]

People still smoke?

People are still allowed to smoke inside public places?

Not as many places as should be, but there are some left. Smokers have just as much right to smoke inside a place as a non-smoker has not to, and honestly, IMO, if someone is that "offended" by smoking then they shouldn't be going to public places--because in public places one should have to deal with the entire public and not just those who happen to agree with whatever bias they have.

[Mara]

People still smoke?

People are still allowed to smoke inside public places?

Not as many places as should be, but there are some left. Smokers have just as much right to smoke inside a place as a non-smoker has not to, and honestly, IMO, if someone is that "offended" by smoking then they shouldn't be going to public places--because in public places one should have to deal with the entire public and not just those who happen to agree with whatever bias they have.

If you want to smoke in public...smoke outside, 25 feet from a building entrance as required by law....at least in Florida.
Personally, I hope the OPs FLGS got the guy on their video feeds, so they can press charges for Attempted Arson.

[All4BigGuns]

Again, smokers have just as much right to smoke as non-smokers have not to, and again, if they're that "offended" by someone smoking then they can take their sorry little rear-ends to their own homes (the only place where they honestly have the right to say anything about it).

[Kat9]

Again, smokers have just as much right to smoke as non-smokers have not to, and again, if they're that "offended" by someone smoking then they can take their sorry little rear-ends to their own homes (the only place where they honestly have the right to say anything about it).

As someone who actually has a non-smoking related lung disease, when I am inside a place with smoke it causes me trouble breathing for quite some time after the visit. So smokers that get their pants in a knot can take their fat 'Murika butts home where they can smoke without silly people that care about their health asking them to not foul the air they have to breathe.


Forum lock? Sure sounds great.

[Bull]

Again, smokers have just as much right to smoke as non-smokers have not to, and again, if they're that "offended" by someone smoking then they can take their sorry little rear-ends to their own homes (the only place where they honestly have the right to say anything about it).

And I should have just as much right to spray you with something like, say, DDT or Agent Orange every time you take a puff.  Sound like a fair trade?  After all, they're both proven carcinogens.

Cigarette smoke is disgusting.  It seeps into your clothes and everything else around you.  If you're around it enough, it will stain things a yellowish color. It smells awful. And, hey, causes cancer. 

I have zero sympathy for smokers who are "forced" to not smoke in public places.  If you want to smoke in the privacy of your own home, where you're not ruining my clothes, my books, and my lungs?  Feel free.  Do it all you want. But when you're inflicting that crap on other people?  Yeah.

Like I said.  You bring your cigarettes, and I'll bringa  super soaker full of DDT.  Sounds like a fair trade.

Bull

[Snake Eyes]

People still smoke?

Depends on how long you douse them with the flamethrower.

Nice one FuelDrop

[RHat]

Again, smokers have just as much right to smoke as non-smokers have not to, and again, if they're that "offended" by someone smoking then they can take their sorry little rear-ends to their own homes (the only place where they honestly have the right to say anything about it).

Actually, they're impacting other people's health and well-being, and therefore do not.  It's not a matter of being offended - a severe asthmatic isn't "offended" by people smoking around them, they are directly physiologically affected by it.  A person who gets cancer from second-hand smoke isn't "offended" by it, their life is threatened by it.

But I guess in your world, smoking is a more important right than free speech?

Also, can I just say that I find it hilarious that a thread about almost burning down a gaming store was started by someone named FuelDrop?

[RHat]

Again, smokers have just as much right to smoke as non-smokers have not to, and again, if they're that "offended" by someone smoking then they can take their sorry little rear-ends to their own homes (the only place where they honestly have the right to say anything about it).

Actually, they're impacting other people's health and well-being, and therefore do not.  It's not a matter of being offended - a severe asthmatic isn't "offended" by people smoking around them, they are directly physiologically affected by it.  A person who gets cancer from second-hand smoke isn't "offended" by it, their life is threatened by it.

But I guess in your world, smoking is a more important right than free speech?

Also, can I just say that I find it hilarious that a thread about almost burning down a gaming store was started by someone named FuelDrop?

I know, I know...

[All4BigGuns]

It's just yet another sign of modern society pretty much becoming a "society of victims".

Just because you choose not to smoke, doesn't mean I should have to kow-tow to you and have to stand in the heat or cold (depending on season) to have a cigarette.