From langham Sent Thu, Jul 23rd 1998, 18:11
From langham Sent Thu, Jul 23rd 1998, 18:11
>The fashion sense of most people in this provincial metropolis is appallingly offensive, and yet I don't ask people - "Would you change your clothing please? It's giving me a migraine." It is quite obvious why this never happens, not for the principle of it but for the practicality, that is, it is obviously easier to take a couple steps away than to change one's outfit. Besides, while your beef with clothing is an aesthetic issue concerned with your personal tastes, for most opposed to smoking it is an instinctual or knee-jerk reaction. I smell smoke, I feel nauseous, but I've never asked strangers to put out their cancer sticks ( :D ) I find an easier solution to your smoke-free "cafe" situation by killing two birds (that is, no smoking and high prices) with one stone--I don't drink coffee. It makes the whole thing easier. >why wasn't McDonald's banned from the face of this earth?...cars should be banned as well, as most "drivers" are a hazard to themselves... The reason for these two things not being banned is simple, and again based on utility: the ease of automobile travel and the convenience of McDonalds greatly outweigh their hazardous qualities. And for McDonalds, few people really care about how gross their food is. The others are either ignorant or don't care. Tobacco didn't build this country, cotton did. I can imagine a court case in the near future where a plantation-slave descendant sues the government for allowing slavery to be legal, thus preventing the birth (by early death of his ancestors) of hundreds of his relatives. A case where someone sues for damages against someone who never existed, that seems all too probable nowadays. And Coolidge was wrong. The business of America is money, any goddamn way you can get your grubby mitts on it. Could you not stand upwind of me? --Geoff on now: the amazing "Brace Yourself" EP