See What Happens When You Give The Government Total Power?

Sweden, such a lovely place. Home of the happiest people, free healthcare, free college, everyone is you, healthy and beautiful. Everything is bliss, everything is bliss.

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Sweden, who now has decided to ban smoking outdoors, in fact, e-cigarettes and even herbal products, in fact, you can't even SELL tobacco now without a license, even if you were already selling it before! Gee, let's hope Big Brother is kind enough to give you one!

Gee, aren't you so happy now you put the government in charge of managing every detail of your life? Pretty soon they will be telling you what you can eat as well. Maybe they will even pick your life partner for you.

Sweden, that happy socialist utopia democrats dream of (brings a tear to my eye just thinking about it) where the government gets to run every aspect of your life, you know, because they know what's better for you than you do yourself (kinda like the evil Republicans telling a woman what she can do with her own body which for some reason democrats oppose).

Sweden outdoor smoking ban, smoking in public now banned in Sweden - The Talking Democrat

Sweden, the perfect example of give an inch, take a mile. You're going to live healthier, damn it, whether you like it or not because after all, your smoking and possible ill side effects might cost the government more in healthcare they supply taking care of you!


do you prefer the conservative christian method?

criminalize pot and destroy the lives of pot smokers

criminalize homosexuals and destroy the lives of gays

declare atheists to be the enemies of christians and destroy the lives of atheists.

ban all nonchristian religions

promote tobacco smoking so that everyone gets cancer and heart disease and everyone ELSE has to pay for their medical bills.

are YOU happy?
 
Sweden, such a lovely place. Home of the happiest people, free healthcare, free college, everyone is you, healthy and beautiful. Everything is bliss, everything is bliss.

View attachment 267255

Sweden, who now has decided to ban smoking outdoors, in fact, e-cigarettes and even herbal products, in fact, you can't even SELL tobacco now without a license, even if you were already selling it before! Gee, let's hope Big Brother is kind enough to give you one!

Gee, aren't you so happy now you put the government in charge of managing every detail of your life? Pretty soon they will be telling you what you can eat as well. Maybe they will even pick your life partner for you.

Sweden, that happy socialist utopia democrats dream of (brings a tear to my eye just thinking about it) where the government gets to run every aspect of your life, you know, because they know what's better for you than you do yourself (kinda like the evil Republicans telling a woman what she can do with her own body which for some reason democrats oppose).

Sweden outdoor smoking ban, smoking in public now banned in Sweden - The Talking Democrat

Sweden, the perfect example of give an inch, take a mile. You're going to live healthier, damn it, whether you like it or not because after all, your smoking and possible ill side effects might cost the government more in healthcare they supply taking care of you!
Yet they are a happier country than we are. They must be doing something right.
 
Sweden, such a lovely place. Home of the happiest people, free healthcare, free college, everyone is you, healthy and beautiful. Everything is bliss, everything is bliss.

View attachment 267255

Sweden, who now has decided to ban smoking outdoors, in fact, e-cigarettes and even herbal products, in fact, you can't even SELL tobacco now without a license, even if you were already selling it before! Gee, let's hope Big Brother is kind enough to give you one!

Gee, aren't you so happy now you put the government in charge of managing every detail of your life? Pretty soon they will be telling you what you can eat as well. Maybe they will even pick your life partner for you.

Sweden, that happy socialist utopia democrats dream of (brings a tear to my eye just thinking about it) where the government gets to run every aspect of your life, you know, because they know what's better for you than you do yourself (kinda like the evil Republicans telling a woman what she can do with her own body which for some reason democrats oppose).

Sweden outdoor smoking ban, smoking in public now banned in Sweden - The Talking Democrat

Sweden, the perfect example of give an inch, take a mile. You're going to live healthier, damn it, whether you like it or not because after all, your smoking and possible ill side effects might cost the government more in healthcare they supply taking care of you!

Since they are frozen over like 363 days a year, they should just ban all outdoor activity.
Clearly you have never been to Sweden...

Clearly you have no sense of humor.
 
Sweden, such a lovely place. Home of the happiest people, free healthcare, free college, everyone is you, healthy and beautiful. Everything is bliss, everything is bliss.

View attachment 267255

Sweden, who now has decided to ban smoking outdoors, in fact, e-cigarettes and even herbal products, in fact, you can't even SELL tobacco now without a license, even if you were already selling it before! Gee, let's hope Big Brother is kind enough to give you one!

Gee, aren't you so happy now you put the government in charge of managing every detail of your life? Pretty soon they will be telling you what you can eat as well. Maybe they will even pick your life partner for you.

Sweden, that happy socialist utopia democrats dream of (brings a tear to my eye just thinking about it) where the government gets to run every aspect of your life, you know, because they know what's better for you than you do yourself (kinda like the evil Republicans telling a woman what she can do with her own body which for some reason democrats oppose).

Sweden outdoor smoking ban, smoking in public now banned in Sweden - The Talking Democrat

Sweden, the perfect example of give an inch, take a mile. You're going to live healthier, damn it, whether you like it or not because after all, your smoking and possible ill side effects might cost the government more in healthcare they supply taking care of you!
Yet they are a happier country than we are. They must be doing something right.


conservatives can't be happy until everyone else is miserable.
 
Sweden outdoor smoking ban, smoking in public now banned in Sweden - The Talking Democrat

Sweden, the perfect example of give an inch, take a mile. You're going to live healthier, damn it, whether you like it or not because after all, your smoking and possible ill side effects might cost the government more in healthcare they supply taking care of you!

"The Talking Democrat" - That's nice. So, you found yourself a new click-bait peddler, dealing in the latest outrage of the day?

Reality:

As of July 1, Swedes were no longer able to light up in certain public spaces, such as playgrounds, train stations and even outside restaurants and bars. The ban has been extended to e-cigarettes.​

Jackass. The article said that. You should try reading before opening your fat, dumb mouth.
 
Sweden, such a lovely place. Home of the happiest people, free healthcare, free college, everyone is you, healthy and beautiful. Everything is bliss, everything is bliss.

View attachment 267255

Sweden, who now has decided to ban smoking outdoors, in fact, e-cigarettes and even herbal products, in fact, you can't even SELL tobacco now without a license, even if you were already selling it before! Gee, let's hope Big Brother is kind enough to give you one!

Gee, aren't you so happy now you put the government in charge of managing every detail of your life? Pretty soon they will be telling you what you can eat as well. Maybe they will even pick your life partner for you.

Sweden, that happy socialist utopia democrats dream of (brings a tear to my eye just thinking about it) where the government gets to run every aspect of your life, you know, because they know what's better for you than you do yourself (kinda like the evil Republicans telling a woman what she can do with her own body which for some reason democrats oppose).

Sweden outdoor smoking ban, smoking in public now banned in Sweden - The Talking Democrat

Sweden, the perfect example of give an inch, take a mile. You're going to live healthier, damn it, whether you like it or not because after all, your smoking and possible ill side effects might cost the government more in healthcare they supply taking care of you!


do you prefer the conservative christian method?

criminalize pot and destroy the lives of pot smokers

criminalize homosexuals and destroy the lives of gays

declare atheists to be the enemies of christians and destroy the lives of atheists.

ban all nonchristian religions

promote tobacco smoking so that everyone gets cancer and heart disease and everyone ELSE has to pay for their medical bills.

are YOU happy?

Black and white reasoning of the itinerant fool. Why not try the legalization of illegal mass migration of the democrats?

The usurping of 2% of the population over the rights of the 98% straight people by the democrats?

The attacks and vilification of Christians by the democrats?

The destruction of gun rights, 2nd amendment and gun industry by the democrats?

The criminalization of a 2 party system and attacks upon all things Trump?

The democrat's attacks on free speech other than their own?

The destruction of our educational system by the democrats?

You see, the Democrats are way ahead of the game because everything they do only hurts ONE group of people, the 98% majority white, older, christian, god-fearing, America-loving constitutionalist.
 
Sweden, such a lovely place. Home of the happiest people, free healthcare, free college, everyone is you, healthy and beautiful. Everything is bliss, everything is bliss.

View attachment 267255

Sweden, who now has decided to ban smoking outdoors, in fact, e-cigarettes and even herbal products, in fact, you can't even SELL tobacco now without a license, even if you were already selling it before! Gee, let's hope Big Brother is kind enough to give you one!

Gee, aren't you so happy now you put the government in charge of managing every detail of your life? Pretty soon they will be telling you what you can eat as well. Maybe they will even pick your life partner for you.

Sweden, that happy socialist utopia democrats dream of (brings a tear to my eye just thinking about it) where the government gets to run every aspect of your life, you know, because they know what's better for you than you do yourself (kinda like the evil Republicans telling a woman what she can do with her own body which for some reason democrats oppose).

Sweden outdoor smoking ban, smoking in public now banned in Sweden - The Talking Democrat

Sweden, the perfect example of give an inch, take a mile. You're going to live healthier, damn it, whether you like it or not because after all, your smoking and possible ill side effects might cost the government more in healthcare they supply taking care of you!
Yet they are a happier country than we are. They must be doing something right.

Everyone in One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest were all happy too. Except for the one sane person.
 
Sweden outdoor smoking ban, smoking in public now banned in Sweden - The Talking Democrat

Sweden, the perfect example of give an inch, take a mile. You're going to live healthier, damn it, whether you like it or not because after all, your smoking and possible ill side effects might cost the government more in healthcare they supply taking care of you!

"The Talking Democrat" - That's nice. So, you found yourself a new click-bait peddler, dealing in the latest outrage of the day?

Reality:

As of July 1, Swedes were no longer able to light up in certain public spaces, such as playgrounds, train stations and even outside restaurants and bars. The ban has been extended to e-cigarettes.​

Jackass. The article said that. You should try reading before opening your fat, dumb mouth.

Yep, dummy, your article may have said that (if you thought I'd go anywhere near your silly click-bait link, you're even more delusional than I thought), but here's what YOU said:

"Sweden outdoor smoking ban, smoking in public now banned in Sweden"

... when, in fact, outdoor smoking was banned only in some places. So, where you lying to us, or did you not read your own article, or did you just peddle bullshit for the sake of your own spluttering apoplexy? Because, dummy, nothing quite squawks like the terrible, horrendous exercise of "total power" as does banning smoking on kids' playgrounds, eh?
 
if you thought I'd go anywhere near your silly click-bait link, you're even more delusional than I thought
What crap is festering in your brain now, that I must OWN the website I linked too? Some dark, underlining intent to subvert you? You are too stupid and lazy to even read the OP's article then you try to argue that it is all "click-bait" anyway beneath contempt. Why do you even bother going on with your miserable, dark life much less wasting other people's time? (Rhetorically asked, I won't bother reading any answers)
 
Sweden outdoor smoking ban, smoking in public now banned in Sweden - The Talking Democrat

Sweden, the perfect example of give an inch, take a mile. You're going to live healthier, damn it, whether you like it or not because after all, your smoking and possible ill side effects might cost the government more in healthcare they supply taking care of you!

"The Talking Democrat" - That's nice. So, you found yourself a new click-bait peddler, dealing in the latest outrage of the day?

Reality:

As of July 1, Swedes were no longer able to light up in certain public spaces, such as playgrounds, train stations and even outside restaurants and bars. The ban has been extended to e-cigarettes.​

Jackass. The article said that. You should try reading before opening your fat, dumb mouth.

Yep, dummy, your article may have said that (if you thought I'd go anywhere near your silly click-bait link, you're even more delusional than I thought), but here's what YOU said:

"Sweden outdoor smoking ban, smoking in public now banned in Sweden"

... when, in fact, outdoor smoking was banned only in some places. So, where you lying to us, or did you not read your own article, or did you just peddle bullshit for the sake of your own spluttering apoplexy? Because, dummy, nothing quite squawks like the terrible, horrendous exercise of "total power" as does banning smoking on kids' playgrounds, eh?
If the Swedes had guns they could still get a fag on the swings. Commie bastards.
 
Smoking a pipe is a nasty habit? Most people like the smell of pipe tobacco. I smoke a pipe and there is nothing nasty about it.

Two things that smokers don't seem to realize…
  1. Just how nasty and disgusting tobacco smoke (even the pipe tobacco that you delude yourself into thinking otherwise) smells to most nonsmokers.
  2. How relentlessly the stench of tobacco smoke sticks to everything that it touches.

Smoking is a nasty habit. Only in your imagination is there any form of tobacco smoking that is any less nasty than any other. And that's without even getting into the impact it has on the health of those who smoke, and on those who are exposed to secondhand tobacco smoke.
 
Smoking a pipe is a nasty habit? Most people like the smell of pipe tobacco. I smoke a pipe and there is nothing nasty about it.

Two things that smokers don't seem to realize…
  1. Just how nasty and disgusting tobacco smoke (even the pipe tobacco that you delude yourself into thinking otherwise) smells to most nonsmokers.
  2. How relentlessly the stench of tobacco smoke sticks to everything that it touches.

Smoking is a nasty habit. Only in your imagination is there any form of tobacco smoking that is any less nasty than any other. And that's without even getting into the impact it has on the health of those who smoke, and on those who are exposed to secondhand tobacco smoke.

Please stick to something you know about. Some pipes sell for thousands of dollars. Some pipe tobaccos go for hundreds an ounce. There are about 2,000 blends. In the approximately 45 years I've smoked a pipe, I'm met NOT ONE PERSON who has ever been violently opposed to the smell. Most find it not bad to kinda nice. Many actually comment favorably on it. Unless you can tell me you know all about English blends and VaPers, Latakia, Perique, Virginias, Burleys, aged, aromatics, and a hundred other things and have smoked them all, you haven't a clue what you are talking about. And I can smoke a pipe in my house and in 24 hours, the aroma is gone. Never one complaint. Your problem is that you're probably sensitized to it because society has forcibly removed you from it. Your loss. Don't make me pay for it.
 
Two things that smokers don't seem to realize…
  1. Just how nasty and disgusting tobacco smoke (even the pipe tobacco that you delude yourself into thinking otherwise) smells to most nonsmokers.
  2. How relentlessly the stench of tobacco smoke sticks to everything that it touches.

Please stick to something you know about. Some pipes sell for thousands of dollars. Some pipe tobaccos go for hundreds an ounce. There are about 2,000 blends. In the approximately 45 years I've smoked a pipe, I'm met NOT ONE PERSON who has ever been violently opposed to the smell. Most find it not bad to kinda nice. Many actually comment favorably on it. Unless you can tell me you know all about English blends and VaPers, Latakia, Perique, Virginias, Burleys, aged, aromatics, and a hundred other things and have smoked them all, you haven't a clue what you are talking about.

Tobacco smoke is one of the most disgusting smells I know. I'll admit that I have probably not been exposed to more than a tiny minority of all the fancy blends you boast about, but I been exposed to enough to know that none of it does a very good job of covering that horrid stench, nor of mitigating the irritation it causes in my upper respiratory system.


And I can smoke a pipe in my house and in 24 hours, the aroma is gone. Never one complaint. Your problem is that you're probably sensitized to it because society has forcibly removed you from it. Your loss. Don't make me pay for it.

It is well-known that those chronically exposed to certain smells tend to be desensitized to it. In fact, after forty-five years of smoking, your sense of smell is probably significantly and irreparably damaged. I bet that any nonsmoker, on entering your home, would know right away that a smoker lives there, even if it's been days or weeks or months since you last smoked in your home. The stench does not go away.
 
I'll admit that I have probably not been exposed to more than a tiny minority of all the fancy blends you boast about, but I been exposed to enough to know that none of it does a very good job of covering that horrid stench, nor of mitigating the irritation it causes in my upper respiratory system.
Smart enough to admit you haven't seen or smelled even 0.1% of all the kinds of pipe tobacco out there, but stupid enough to still claim you "just know" . . . What would a poor little creampuff like you have done back in the 40s when 99% of the people smoked and every place, every room you went to was just THICK with nasty cigarette smoke? Many cities were blanketed in heavy smoke of industry? Ever consider that the problem isn't tobacco, but it is delicate little people like you that the modern era has bred that depend on crystal clean air or you go into a full body shock? Son, you should try working in a steel mill!

In fact, after forty-five years of smoking, your sense of smell is probably significantly and irreparably damaged. I bet that any nonsmoker, on entering your home, would know right away that a smoker lives there.
I wish I could take that bet. Too bad you don't READ threads or you would have seen my point about moderation. I smoke maybe 1-2 times a week, usually on the weekends, which means that 99.9% of the time, I'm NOT smoking. Sometimes I take a sabbatical of several months away from smoking at all. And I almost never smoke in public (haven't in years). Let me know when you are ready to pay off, I'll give you my Pay Pal account.
 
Smart enough to admit you haven't seen or smelled even 0.1% of all the kinds of pipe tobacco out there, but stupid enough to still claim you "just know" . . . What would a poor little creampuff like you have done back in the 40s when 99% of the people smoked and every place, every room you went to was just THICK with nasty cigarette smoke? Many cities were blanketed in heavy smoke of industry? Ever consider that the problem isn't tobacco, but it is delicate little people like you that the modern era has bred that depend on crystal clean air or you go into a full body shock? Son, you should try working in a steel mill!

I do not need to stick my hand in a fire to know that doing so is a very bad idea. And I do not need to stick my hand in fires consisting of every possible fuel or combination of fuels being burned, in order to know that none of them are a good idea.

The science is very clear on the matter. Particulate smoke of any kind is bad for our respiratory systems. We can withstand a certain amount of it, without inflicting lasting harm on ourselves but intentionally breathing it is just stupid.

And aside from the harm just from the particulate matter, tobacco smoke in particular contains a number of chemicals that are, each and in themselves, harmful to us in various ways, and to various degrees.

If you claim that the problem is not the tobacco smoke, but people complaining about the harm that it causes, then you're just being willfully ignorant, and denying basic, objective, provable science. This puts you in the same category as those who claim that Bruce Jenner is now a woman.

And for the record, I'm not the delicate creampuff that you're trying to suggest that I am. When the Camp Fires were burning last year, the Air Quality Index in Sacramento, where I live, was, at some point, over 400 for about a week, and over 300 in Tracy, where I was working at the time, doing very physically-strenuous construction work. I held up better under those conditions than many of my colleagues, probably due to the fact that many of them smoke, and have thus damaged their respiratory systems, while I do not smoke, and as a result, have a healthier, more robust respiratory system that was better able to withstand and function under the temporary very bad air quality conditions.

You willfully damage your own respiratory system, and foolishly disparage me for not doing the same to mine. May the great Laurence Tureaud have compassion for you.
 
Particulate smoke of any kind is bad for our respiratory systems.
NEWSFLASH for ya, Bob -- -- -- -- you don't actually INHALE pipe or cigar smoke! And the vestigial trace you might actually inhale (if indoors) not only isn't that bad compared to the particulate you already inhale all the time anyway from natural sources every day, but the low levels actually stimulate your immune system to build up a tolerance, read: resistance, so that you are not such a pussy, not bothered by every little thing, and can better fight off REAL assaults to the body from virus and disease, etc.

Bottom line, you not smoke if you don't want to, but keep your nose out of the business of others that do.
 

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