Scarletprayers Posted July 7, 2007 Group: Royal Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 135 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 7,537 Content Per Day: 1.08 Reputation: 157 Days Won: 2 Joined: 04/06/2005 Status: Offline Birthday: 09/29/1956 Share Posted July 7, 2007 Today it's smoking bans and mandatory seatbelt laws. Tomorrow it will be some other restriction to our personal freedoms. The whole "second-hand smoke is worse than first-hand smoke" nonsense is is a huge sham anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Biblicist Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 Today it's smoking bans and mandatory seatbelt laws. Tomorrow it will be some other restriction to our personal freedoms. The whole "second-hand smoke is worse than first-hand smoke" nonsense is is a huge sham anyway. What about all the babies that live with smokers who are so much sicker on a regular basis than those who do not? My younger sister worked with a woman who smoked thoroughout her pregnancy. Her words were, "So he'll have a low birth weight, no big deal." You can't make people care about themselves or their families. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarletprayers Posted July 7, 2007 Group: Royal Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 135 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 7,537 Content Per Day: 1.08 Reputation: 157 Days Won: 2 Joined: 04/06/2005 Status: Offline Birthday: 09/29/1956 Share Posted July 7, 2007 I just remembered, my husband told me that Cleveland Clinic has advertised Smokers need not apply. They have decided to NOT hire anyone who smokes. Several companies are doing it. Some are even going so far as to fire those who do. "Light up, get fired." Apparently, they decided that paying for health insurance for people who smoke is not the wise choice. SP, I certainly meant no offense for my last remark, I am sorry. Honey, I wasn't offended, I was laughing................thats why I used the emote! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted Posted July 7, 2007 Group: Royal Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 276 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 7,474 Content Per Day: 0.96 Reputation: 51 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/25/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 01/31/1966 Share Posted July 7, 2007 I don't think there's any doubt that smoking cigarettes will, one day soon, be completely illegal. We just have to sit through these idiotic incremental laws for a while until it's over for good. The real question is: What's next? Personally, I think it will be fatty foods or the gasoline engine. On a side note- where's all the freedom-of-choicers that want smoking marijuana to be legalized? I'd have figured they would be in on the side of the cigarette smokers...... t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Biblicist Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 I just remembered, my husband told me that Cleveland Clinic has advertised Smokers need not apply. They have decided to NOT hire anyone who smokes. Several companies are doing it. Some are even going so far as to fire those who do. "Light up, get fired." Apparently, they decided that paying for health insurance for people who smoke is not the wise choice. SP, I certainly meant no offense for my last remark, I am sorry. Honey, I wasn't offended, I was laughing................thats why I used the emote! Oh, good, I was so very worried that I upset you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Biblicist Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 I don't think there's any doubt that smoking cigarettes will, one day soon, be completely illegal. We just have to sit through these idiotic incremental laws for a while until it's over for good. The real question is: What's next? Personally, I think it will be fatty foods or the gasoline engine. On a side note- where's all the freedom-of-choicers that want smoking marijuana to be legalized? I'd have figured they would be in on the side of the cigarette smokers...... t. What we need to do is prove that reading one's Bible is very healthy for you and creates in a person the attitude of better citizenship and makes a person a better worker, then they will make it a law that everyone needs to read their Bibles every day. Any ideas how we could do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovedya Posted July 7, 2007 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 375 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 11,400 Content Per Day: 1.44 Reputation: 125 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/30/2002 Status: Offline Birthday: 08/14/1971 Share Posted July 7, 2007 Today it's smoking bans and mandatory seatbelt laws. Tomorrow it will be some other restriction to our personal freedoms. The whole "second-hand smoke is worse than first-hand smoke" nonsense is is a huge sham anyway. What about all the babies that live with smokers who are so much sicker on a regular basis than those who do not? My younger sister worked with a woman who smoked thoroughout her pregnancy. Her words were, "So he'll have a low birth weight, no big deal." You can't make people care about themselves or their families. And you can't force people to change their behavior for others - or even for themselves. It has to be a choice. I grew up in a house with two smokers. I smoked myself for several years. I quit for myself and for my wife and children. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovedya Posted July 7, 2007 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 375 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 11,400 Content Per Day: 1.44 Reputation: 125 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/30/2002 Status: Offline Birthday: 08/14/1971 Share Posted July 7, 2007 I don't think there's any doubt that smoking cigarettes will, one day soon, be completely illegal. We just have to sit through these idiotic incremental laws for a while until it's over for good. The real question is: What's next? Personally, I think it will be fatty foods or the gasoline engine. On a side note- where's all the freedom-of-choicers that want smoking marijuana to be legalized? I'd have figured they would be in on the side of the cigarette smokers...... t. What we need to do is prove that reading one's Bible is very healthy for you and creates in a person the attitude of better citizenship and makes a person a better worker, then they will make it a law that everyone needs to read their Bibles every day. Any ideas how we could do that? How about we get the Bible back in school! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Biblicist Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 I don't think there's any doubt that smoking cigarettes will, one day soon, be completely illegal. We just have to sit through these idiotic incremental laws for a while until it's over for good. The real question is: What's next? Personally, I think it will be fatty foods or the gasoline engine. On a side note- where's all the freedom-of-choicers that want smoking marijuana to be legalized? I'd have figured they would be in on the side of the cigarette smokers...... t. What we need to do is prove that reading one's Bible is very healthy for you and creates in a person the attitude of better citizenship and makes a person a better worker, then they will make it a law that everyone needs to read their Bibles every day. Any ideas how we could do that? How about we get the Bible back in school! God's word is welcome in my children's public school. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovedya Posted July 7, 2007 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 375 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 11,400 Content Per Day: 1.44 Reputation: 125 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/30/2002 Status: Offline Birthday: 08/14/1971 Share Posted July 7, 2007 I don't think there's any doubt that smoking cigarettes will, one day soon, be completely illegal. We just have to sit through these idiotic incremental laws for a while until it's over for good. The real question is: What's next? Personally, I think it will be fatty foods or the gasoline engine. On a side note- where's all the freedom-of-choicers that want smoking marijuana to be legalized? I'd have figured they would be in on the side of the cigarette smokers...... t. What we need to do is prove that reading one's Bible is very healthy for you and creates in a person the attitude of better citizenship and makes a person a better worker, then they will make it a law that everyone needs to read their Bibles every day. Any ideas how we could do that? How about we get the Bible back in school! God's word is welcome in my children's public school. . . Better not tell the ACLU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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