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Politics "Under democracy, one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule -and both commonly succeed, and are right."
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04-05-2009, 07:33 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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Smokin' Smokers
I am tired of how everyone thinks it's okay to pick on smokers.
Found this website: No Cig Tax
It has a lot of great information on the issue. Too bad you have to e-mail a rep to find it. Even if not living in that state, just go to it anyway. I think you can still send e-mails even if you are not a resident.
I also have my own opinion with a cute video on:
Smokin' Smokers (title provide by illwillpress.com)
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04-05-2009, 07:44 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: El Paso, Texas/ Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua
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"From a security standpoint, higher cigarette taxes have been linked to increased gang and other organized crime as smokers go out of their way to purchase untaxed cigarettes."
Congratulations, you have found a serious movement that is as fucking stupid as you.
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I cleave to no system. I am a true seeker."
-Mikhail Bakunin
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Originally Posted by George Carlin
People who say they don’t care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don’t care what people think.
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04-05-2009, 07:52 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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~I've decided to insult people through the use of sexual propositions, since everyone really seems to mind that.~
~cough~ If I sat on your face, could you find the land of milk and honey?
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04-05-2009, 08:38 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Massachusetts
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Why's catch still here? lol.
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04-05-2009, 08:56 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Nowhere
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Originally Posted by Catch
~cough~ If I sat on your face, could you find the land of milk and honey?
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Depends... what are your dildos made of?
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04-06-2009, 05:28 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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I always leave too soon. I bet they deleted a lot of really good posts.
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04-06-2009, 05:44 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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You give yourself too much credit; no posts were deleted.
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04-06-2009, 06:00 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Bliss
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Okay. If I was still on the forum, some posts would have been deleted.
You actually have a good sense of humor, so I'll let it go. Not like your some kindof moronic commi-anarchist who doesn't know that is a contradiction of terms.
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04-06-2009, 06:45 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: El Paso, Texas/ Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua
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It's not a contradiction and Maggot is actually a commie, so fuck you for being wrong in both cases. I love how you're always wrong.
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"No theory, no ready-made system, no book that has ever been written will save the world.
I cleave to no system. I am a true seeker."
-Mikhail Bakunin
Quote:
Originally Posted by George Carlin
People who say they don’t care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don’t care what people think.
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04-06-2009, 06:48 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Osaka, Japan
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Catch
Okay. If I was still on the forum, some posts would have been deleted.
You actually have a good sense of humor, so I'll let it go. Not like your some kindof moronic commi-anarchist who doesn't know that is a contradiction of terms.
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I've recently found that there's nothing quite as annoying as an incoherent know-it-all.
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You're not entitled to your opinion.
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04-06-2009, 07:09 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Australia
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I'll just forget about your blog but the video is pretty cute ^^
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04-06-2009, 08:50 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Tokyo, Japan
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Fuck smokers! They're always picking off the guy in back right after the boomer vomits on everyone, or dragging you off a rooftop right in the middle of a crescendo event. Seriously, how can they project a tongue over 100 ft? I'd love to know the physiology behind that.
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04-07-2009, 02:23 PM
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Just saying, if it wasn't for all those smokers that hve a problem with being a smoker this tax would be seen in it's true light, a ridiculous tax that is 400% of the value of the actual product. Only the non-smokers and smokers are doing anything say, maybe this isn't right.
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04-07-2009, 02:39 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: prosper
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i dont care i still get a discount thats make the price stay the same for me haha
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04-10-2009, 06:28 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Between firing synapses
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Catch
~I've decided to insult people through the use of sexual propositions, since everyone really seems to mind that.~
~cough~ If I sat on your face, could you find the land of milk and honey?
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No, because there's only cottage cheese and vinegar.
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06-08-2009, 01:02 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Canada
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I strongly support high cigarette taxes, at least here in Canada where we have public health care. All that extra tax money I shell out whenever I buy a pack means more money for the hospitals that are going to treat me when I get lung cancer in 40 years. What's the downside?
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06-08-2009, 01:47 PM
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Location: Heaven and Earth
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I'm terribly allergic to cigarette smoke, and have watched family members fall ill due to being addicted to cigarettes. Thus, I wouldn't mind a higher tax on them, and am even open to the idea of banning cigarettes altogether.
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06-08-2009, 03:02 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: El Paso, Texas/ Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua
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More people die from car crashes than from cigarette smoking, don't they?
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"No theory, no ready-made system, no book that has ever been written will save the world.
I cleave to no system. I am a true seeker."
-Mikhail Bakunin
Quote:
Originally Posted by George Carlin
People who say they don’t care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don’t care what people think.
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06-08-2009, 05:07 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Gallifrey
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^ I actually don't think so, but don't quote me on that.
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Only the non-smokers and smokers are doing anything say, maybe this isn't right.
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Wait. So are you saying only EVERYBODY is doing something? Or did I read that wrong?
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06-08-2009, 08:14 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
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I don't mind the tax. I don't really smoke. Rarely I'll have a Black and Mild, but usually, I don't smoke.
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06-09-2009, 01:18 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Sheffield UK.
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Governments tax the living fuck out of everything and anything anyway. So, I don't really mind that much...
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06-12-2009, 01:31 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2009
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Catch
Just saying, if it wasn't for all those smokers that hve a problem with being a smoker this tax would be seen in it's true light, a ridiculous tax that is 400% of the value of the actual product. Only the non-smokers and smokers are doing anything say, maybe this isn't right.
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if u think its unfair...quit smoking. then you wont be paying the tax. thats what i did...
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06-12-2009, 08:15 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: elsewhere
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If cigarettes are banned, the government will lose the revenue, have to spend more on enforcing the cigarette ban, and I'm sure that many people would still smoke illegally (thereby not sufficiently decreasing the load on the health care system to compensate for the loss of tax revenue). Those things are apparently VERY addictive.
What irritates me are the ads that they had a few years ago on the radio, which I will paraphrase here: "There are 5 million of you smokers in Canada! Aren't you tired of not being listened to? Stand up for your rights and blah blah blah!"
The fact that they were outvoted by the 25 million non-smoking Canadians doesn't mean they weren't listened to.
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06-12-2009, 09:11 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Dekalb (and Quad Cities)
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I enjoy smoking. It is kind of a pain they are expensive but shit happens. I think a lot of smokers don't do all they should to make sure that they don't smoke around people that don't like being around smoke.
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06-13-2009, 11:22 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Catch
I am tired of how everyone thinks it's okay to pick on smokers.
Found this website: No Cig Tax
It has a lot of great information on the issue. Too bad you have to e-mail a rep to find it. Even if not living in that state, just go to it anyway. I think you can still send e-mails even if you are not a resident.
I also have my own opinion with a cute video on:
Smokin' Smokers (title provide by illwillpress.com)
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Stop your whining. You're a goth and you deserve no pity. Now smoke away, tar-lungged cunt!
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