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[Underwaterbob]

[Otherside]

My view is, in a public place (outside) smoking is fine. Fact is, there are plenty of things that are bad for our health or just plain annoying. Why shouldn't I be allowed to smoke on the street where cars are producing far more pollution/toxic gases out of their exhausts. In bars,
restaruants, private establishments...you follow the house rules. If they decide to make it non-smoking, as a smoker I have a choice to leave. The same applies to non-smokers.

That being said, I try my best to be a considerate smoker, yet there's nothing worse than a non-smoker coming into YOUR house and complaining about you smoking. (And isn't it always the case that it isn't even a friend of yours, always some bf/gf of some guy/girl who is just a friend of a friend, and you have to hold back the "if you don't like it, leave" comment)

[laogaiguk]

[livinginkunsan]

Then there are those smokers who are "unhappy" that you wont let them smoke in your car.. no rolling down the windows don't make it ok

[ernie]

i'm pretty sure there are laws against smoking in (many) public places, too, including restaurants, schools, and washrooms. maybe i should start whacking off all over whoever lights up a butt in these places.

p.s. sorry for the visual imagery.

[Underwaterbob]

[livinginkunsan]

[ernie]

actually, every school i've ever been to in korea has been non-smoking, both in the building and on school grounds. many restaurants are non-smoking. washrooms too. these rules don't seem to stop anyone, though, which is what i have a problem with.

maybe the next thread will be entitled: "Why are non-public masturbators so self-righteous?"

[Underwaterbob]

[ernie]

you're right, the two are different. you can't get cancer from second-HAND masturbation.

[Easter Clark]

[Draz]

[livinginkunsan]

[greedy_bones]

I'd say some are, some aren't. If I'm standing close to someone in a public place(bars not included), or if I'm by an entryway or window, I have no problem with someone asking me to move.

There have been two occasions where the sensitivity of the non smoking strangers have been ridiculous. The first was in college after the administration had recently put up smoking tents. I was sitting in the middle of a field drinking coffee and having a smoke before class. Some asshat took it upon themselves to walk up to me and tell me to move to the smoking area. Keep in mind, this was a random student. The nearest person was about 50 meters away and walking further from my location.

The second time came when I was in a park in Korea with several friends sitting in a large open area. A group of Korean college students showed up, started doing their weird group cheers thing and then approached me and told me "No smoking!" Now, had they been there first and I had walked upwind of them and started smoking, that would be one thing. I was smoking, talking to my friends, and then they came and sat down up wind from me, started doing obnoxious cheers and demanded I accommodate them.

[mishlert]

I love what this guy said in the article