Uh .... smoking IS a choice. It is difficult to stop, I know because I've done it, and yes it is harder than anything else I've quit. But lots and lots of lots of people have done it. The comparison with milk is bizarre. Compare it with caffeine or alcohol or meth, that would make more sense.
As for the "smokers are a socially marginalised group" group argument ... no, cause they can quit. In fact to STAY smokers they have to exert effort and spend money, so I would make an argument that they are getting what they want in terms of social opprobium and why are they complaining? If I suddenly started smearing myself in rancid herring oil just cause I liked it, how much sympathy wold you have when I complained about being marginalised?
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Date: 2006-02-10 08:36 pm (UTC)As for the "smokers are a socially marginalised group" group argument ... no, cause they can quit. In fact to STAY smokers they have to exert effort and spend money, so I would make an argument that they are getting what they want in terms of social opprobium and why are they complaining? If I suddenly started smearing myself in rancid herring oil just cause I liked it, how much sympathy wold you have when I complained about being marginalised?