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Re:Almost half of cancer deaths are caused by smoking, alcoh... by sarchertech on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @12:18AM (#32732776)
The fact that I can avoid harm by leaving the place where I otherwise want to be doesn’t mean that the person causing harm bears no responsibility. This is known in my he literature as the “Bart Simpson I’m just walking towards you swinging my arms defense”.

It also doesn’t change the fact that I am annoyed that I have to leave the area I otherwise desired to be in when someone else decides to smoke.

In most of the US smoking near the entrance to a public building is in fact illegal.

If I am waiting under an awning for an Uber in the rain and you decide to light up, you are an obnoxious, asshole, scofflaw who is actively harming me. Despite the fact that I choose to accept that harm rather than stand in the damn rain.

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Re:Almost half of cancer deaths are caused by smoking, alcoh... by Maursault on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @01:09AM (#32733117)
These are all straw man arguments and not mine. And these arbitrary decisions you describe are just as irrational and exhibit just as much entitlement as the smokers that you allow to aggravate your paranoia and are apparently stalking you. I trust you drive an electric car, because if your vehicle has an exhaust, and if you've ever parked with the engine running, the hypocrisy here is overwhelming.
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Re:Almost half of cancer deaths are caused by smoking, alcoh... by sarchertech on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @07:59PM (#32744714)
Good think I use natural gasoline that doesn't contain any of those dangerous cancer chemicals that the man started adding in 50s.
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Re:Almost half of cancer deaths are caused by smoking, alcoh... by Maursault on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @08:10PM (#32744783)
It will convert easy enough to burn ethanol for much better performance and clean burning, but at the cost of a few less miles per tank.
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