Cigarette smoke perculates through the walls from next door. Ugh. How can I seal it?

[The Natural Philosopher]

When I were a lad, the local lads used to make huge profits buying dope and bartering it for duty free whisky on the US airbases.

Boy them flyboys get high, don't they?

[The Natural Philosopher]

Its called a bouncer :-)

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[The Natural Philosopher]

There should be free everything, no work, and no need to listen to your drivel.

Sadly, or perhaps fortunately, you are not God, and cannot make it thus. Nor can any government, so grow up and stop whiffling out of your anal cavity.

[IMM]

..he does write the scripts for last of the summers wine.

[The Natural Philosopher]

No, you don't. That is your funadmental mistkae. You have absolutely no right to anything at all.

If peple want to have a smoke free world,. they can club toher and buy air filtration and live in each others farts. Simple as that.

God you are thick.

[IMM]

Our resident fool...is having a go now...

..sad isn't it. And he continues...

...and wasn't that good?

[IMM]

Our resident ng fool interjects...

..well he is right to an extent. I certainly don't have the freedom to breath non-toxic air in public places.

..and he says.....

...such humour and wit. What would we do without him? ...and he goes on..

...he is a self confessed nicotine addict. Well nice people this is what nicotine does to people. read it all yourself.

[Dave Plowman]

Sounds like you've not ever had a decent Xmas, then.

[Dave Plowman]

I'd be interested to know where you'd find a public building that *isn't* non smoking. Or, indeed, just about every private one where the public have access, like shops, theatres, cinemas, etc.

The exception is of course most pubs and some restaurants. So I'd suggest you patronize the ones who have a smoking ban like McDonalds, etc. You'll live far longer - or it will certainly seem longer...

My local has a non smoking bar - and arguably the nicest bar out of the three. But it's also the least used - so much so that it shares a barperson with one of the others.

If non smokers actively want non smoking bars then they should patronise those that are *regularly* to make them viable. But, of course, the vocal minority just want to have something to complain about.

[The Natural Philosopher]

But IMM, Smokers ARE the Public.

[The Natural Philosopher]

During Cromwell's protectorate actually.

and it just drove the evil practice

Yes. Nothing like distracting IMM pleb type clones away from real issues and rela failure and corruption in government, and focussing their tiny minds on their neighbours.

[The Natural Philosopher]

No, it kills them instead. Look at road traffic accident statistics around christmas, look at domestic violence staistics, and just attend the average mother in law infested christmas.

[Huge]

Nope. Smokers are a minority.

And the Dunblane gun grab demonstrated quite ably what happens to minorities with percieved antisocial habits. Their rights are ignored.

[IMM]

...and he says....

We should all be dead then, using this logic.

[IMM]

...and more wisdom from our resident snotty uni type...

...and of course total and utter incoherent babble...

[IMM]

A common sense and totally logical statement...

..and he responds with....

...our resident clown has not realised that most of the public do not smoke. Of course common sense and logic is asking too much here.

[stuart noble]

That far back eh? Seems parliament actually sat on Xmas Day. Still, I expect they were all pissed, or buggering each other in the toilets. No change there then.

[Dave Plowman]

Congratulations on this year's most lateral thinking.

[usenet]

The 'public' is made up of innumerable minorities, just about all of us are members of some minority or other. Just because something is a minority interest/pastime/hobby/addiction it shouldn't therefore be banned.

I'm not taking sides in the smoking discussion though.

[IMM]

If what this minority does impairs the health of others, then they must not come in contact of the greater public when exercising their activity. It is very simple, not complicated at all.