A lot of people here in Croatia have been crying their eyes out over the whole "no smoking" legislation.
I was wondering if those cancer people ever thought about how ridiculous the whole thing is. Its not them who are the victims, its us - the non smokers.
For an example, if I were to do the exact same thing as they casually do at a local diner I would for an example stew my feet inside a plastic bag for a week prior to the experiment and then - take my shoes off and stick my feet so to be sure they can take a good whiff. That would most likely get me thrown out of the place.
See, the difference is in this, the stench of ones feet does not cause cancer, furthermore - your clothes most likely will not pick up the smell of feet.
Why would 90% of people react more aggressively to me taking off my shoes than to someone poisoning me with tar and god knows what else and making my clothes smell of smoke?
Its because its not them who are the victims, the true victims are us.
A long time ago (with some help from E. Bernays and tobacco lobbyists) the smokers achieved a complete cultural victory over us (the non smokers).
I say to hell with propaganda and off with the shoes!
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