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originally posted by: RoyBatty
OP, if your cigarette smoke did not affect my health, I'd say the law is unfair. The fact is, it does affect everyone around you. If you don't care about the effects to your own body, good for you. As a libertarian I support your rights up to and until they infringe upon mine. That being said, your cancerous smoke in my lungs is harmful to me, which you clearly need to be prevented from doing.
Frankly I'm appalled that I even have to explain that to you.
originally posted by: corvuscorrax
originally posted by: RoyBatty
OP, if your cigarette smoke did not affect my health, I'd say the law is unfair. The fact is, it does affect everyone around you. If you don't care about the effects to your own body, good for you. As a libertarian I support your rights up to and until they infringe upon mine. That being said, your cancerous smoke in my lungs is harmful to me, which you clearly need to be prevented from doing.
Frankly I'm appalled that I even have to explain that to you.
People who hold this opinion are so freaking stupid.
Yes that cigarette you smelled briefly is the worst thing you'll inhale all day. Not the car exhaust, or industrial pollution, or any number of carcinogenic material you came into contact with on any given day. NOPE its the cigarette that is going to kill you.
Frankly I'm appalled that I even have to explain that to you.