A Britons view of America

THERE'S NO SMOKE IN CITY WITHOUT FIRE Nov 12 2003

I 'VE just spent three days in the Big Apple but, for all the pleasure it gave me, I might as well have endured a week in the State Penitentiary.

Land of the free? There's a joke.

To the growing army of people who've suggested to me in recent months that a smoking ban in Britain is "inevitable" or "bound to happen" I have a warning.

The simplest way to permit the smoke police to impose draconian rules here is to show the same kind of complacency that's turned New York into a society banned by law from smoking in public places and patrolled by little Hitlers, otherwise known as public health operatives.
www.mirror.co.uk...

I wholeheartedly agree.



[Edited on 17-11-2003 by Colonel]

If you're looking for an example of the greater portion of America, NYC is NOT the place to go.

I miss smoking sooooo much. After my recent illness, I was told that if I carried on smoking, I would die much sooner rather than later.

I can still feel my dark mistress flowing through my viens.

I think a blanket ban on smoking is a cowardly thing to do that just avoids the issue and sweeps it under the carpet.

Go smokers! (you fund my health care system with your lovely taxes).

...and have one for me. Marlboro if possible.


[Edited on 18-11-2003 by Zzub]

Originally posted by Zzub


...and have one for me. Marlboro if possible.


[Edited on 18-11-2003 by Zzub]

Having a cowboy killer in you're honor as I type this

Aaaaaaa. Smooth. I can almost feel it. Thanks JFetch.