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Originally Posted by Kumabjorn
...However, smokers are also members of society, they don't do anything illegal, actually they contribute more to society's coffers than non-smokers....
In my mind smokers has become the minority that it is accepted to discriminate against. And their own docility, kindled (I just had to use that word) by their bad conscience, brought it on.
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Well, you could probably argue that smokers cost society at least as much as they pay in taxes with the cost of their health care. In Canada at least that's paid by the government, and drives up insurance rates for everyone in other countries.
I always considered myself a "considerate smoker" when I smoked. Looking back, I realize I was just kidding myself. Just standing in line for something nowadays, outside, behind someone smoking makes me realize how inconsiderate I was. Most smokers don't seem to care that, unless they are outside 100 feet away from everyone, or locked in a hermetically sealed room, their second-hand smoke is making someone feel ill.
We've had a ban on smoking inside in the workplace for years here in Ontario. Smokers go outside to smoke (which is rough in winter). Virtually every office building has a sign at the front door telling smokers not to cluster around the doors smoking. Every morning I have to run a gauntlet of smokers leaning on those signs while they puff away. They just don't care.
And they can't figure out why it's open season on them, now the tide has turned.
[There, I'm done. I feel better now]