A plea for help. Sort of.
A friend posted something on his Facebook about raising the tax on cigarettes to $100 per pack. When I argued that this amounted to basically, a tax on a life choice you don't agree with, he responded with this. (Emphasis mine)
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It's not a personal choice when it affects other people. I walk through plenty of smoke every day to get to my classes because people want to kick the crap out of their own lungs, why should i suffer because of their choices? [...]
It is also not wrong to have laws to prevent individuals from doing certain things to their bodies.[...] it is illegal to shoot up heroin even though there is no chance of second hand shooting up.
So yes it is wrong for me to have to breath that crap because some people want to kick the crap out of their own lungs. [...] Besides the point of the tax is that people who are addicted can stay addicted. Addicts will no doubt pay the surcharge, that's why it is called addiction, they have lost their personal choice. [...]
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This is not a post to debate the tax on cigarettes. Or even smoking itself. The point is he is a self-identified liberal democrat and I have no idea how he can think an argument such as this is okay. Short of spamming him with bitch plz gifs, I have no idea how to respond to this. Any ideas would be appreciated
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It's not a personal choice when it affects other people. I walk through plenty of smoke every day to get to my classes because people want to kick the crap out of their own lungs, why should i suffer because of their choices? [...]
It is also not wrong to have laws to prevent individuals from doing certain things to their bodies.[...] it is illegal to shoot up heroin even though there is no chance of second hand shooting up.
So yes it is wrong for me to have to breath that crap because some people want to kick the crap out of their own lungs. [...] Besides the point of the tax is that people who are addicted can stay addicted. Addicts will no doubt pay the surcharge, that's why it is called addiction, they have lost their personal choice. [...]
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This is not a post to debate the tax on cigarettes. Or even smoking itself. The point is he is a self-identified liberal democrat and I have no idea how he can think an argument such as this is okay. Short of spamming him with bitch plz gifs, I have no idea how to respond to this. Any ideas would be appreciated