"KLC Lewis" wrote in message
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> "Bob Ward" wrote in message
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>> On Fri, 2 Feb 2007 19:05:47 -0600, "KLC Lewis"
>> wrote:
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>>>
>>>"Gooserider" wrote in message
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>>>> "Alex W." wrote in message
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>>>>>
>>>>> "Mark Anderson" wrote in message
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>>>>>> In article Gooserider@mouse-potato.com says...
>>>>>>> It's not the same, and you know it. You drinking next to me in a
>>>>>>> club
>>>>>>> doesn't affect me.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It does when you get in your car to drive home.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Or when you start a bar fight.
>>>>>
>>>>> Alcohol causes *massive* economic damage due to absenteeism and
>>>>> disease.
>>>>> It impairs mental and motor function -- unlike tobacco. Ever hear of
>>>>> a
>>>>> husband beating his wife to a pulp because he had a cigarette?
>>>>
>>>> Not the same. Why should I have to go home reeking of cigarette smoke
>>>> simply because I wanted to go out to a club? Want to smoke? Go outside.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>Why should I have to go home half-deaf from the lousy band the bar hired?
>>>If
>>>you wanna listen to badly-played covers of badly-written Top 40 songs,
>>>stay
>>>at home and play it in your basement.
>>>
>>
>>
>> So why are you there?
>>
>
> Maybe I'm just there to people-watch, chat with friends, or pay too much
> for beer. Point is, we all have to put up with things that we don't
> necessarily like when we're out of our own homes -- including things like
> bad music and "offensive smells." People need to quit trying to Codify
> their dislikes.
When bad music gives you cancer, I'll say you have a point.
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