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Old 04-05-2009, 07:33 PM   #1
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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.

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Old 04-05-2009, 07:44 PM   #2
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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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Old 04-05-2009, 07:52 PM   #3
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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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Old 04-05-2009, 08:38 PM   #4
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Why's catch still here? lol.
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Old 04-05-2009, 08:56 PM   #5
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~cough~ If I sat on your face, could you find the land of milk and honey?
Depends... what are your dildos made of?
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Old 04-06-2009, 05:28 PM   #6
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I always leave too soon. I bet they deleted a lot of really good posts.
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Old 04-06-2009, 05:44 PM   #7
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You give yourself too much credit; no posts were deleted.
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Old 04-06-2009, 06:00 PM   #8
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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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Old 04-06-2009, 06:45 PM   #9
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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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Old 04-06-2009, 06:48 PM   #10
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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.
I've recently found that there's nothing quite as annoying as an incoherent know-it-all.
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Old 04-06-2009, 07:09 PM   #11
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I'll just forget about your blog but the video is pretty cute ^^
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Old 04-06-2009, 08:50 PM   #12
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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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Old 04-07-2009, 02:23 PM   #13
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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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Old 04-07-2009, 02:39 PM   #14
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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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Old 04-10-2009, 06:28 PM   #15
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~cough~ If I sat on your face, could you find the land of milk and honey?
No, because there's only cottage cheese and vinegar.
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Old 06-08-2009, 01:02 PM   #16
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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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Old 06-08-2009, 01:47 PM   #17
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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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Old 06-08-2009, 03:02 PM   #18
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More people die from car crashes than from cigarette smoking, don't they?
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Old 06-08-2009, 05:07 PM   #19
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^ I actually don't think so, but don't quote me on that.

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Wait. So are you saying only EVERYBODY is doing something? Or did I read that wrong?
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Old 06-08-2009, 08:14 PM   #20
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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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Old 06-09-2009, 01:18 PM   #21
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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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Old 06-12-2009, 01:31 PM   #22
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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.
if u think its unfair...quit smoking. then you wont be paying the tax. thats what i did...
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Old 06-12-2009, 08:15 PM   #23
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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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Old 06-12-2009, 09:11 PM   #24
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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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I am tired of how everyone thinks it's okay to pick on smokers.

Found this website: No Cig Tax

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I also have my own opinion with a cute video on:


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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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