tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18214889.post116452549167723407..comments2023-11-01T02:06:39.543+11:00Comments on Ella's child - family stories and other: Middle Childhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09962830669606760640noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18214889.post-1164604751326898472006-11-27T16:19:00.000+11:002006-11-27T16:19:00.000+11:00I have never Smoked CarolB and recall in the early...I have never Smoked CarolB and recall in the early '70's being surrounded by heavy smokers and hating it. Now I now no smokers personally...but recognise that there are still a few about.<BR/><BR/>Most who stopped smoking did so because of health and public pressure...of course anyone who litters is a pig...but as we live in one of the most regulated countries on the planet we need to think about the implications of allowing "law" makers too much power over us.<BR/><BR/>I also live in Australia and it frightens the bejesus out of me to see what efforts are put into policing parking etc littering etc...and yet people are being encouraged to become so detached from the reality of real human suffering in the house next to them, accross the street that they our so called civilised soiciety is crumbling while nancies prance about shaking their fingers at us... you can't force respect. But if you treat all you encounter with respect, then some will notice and maybe emulate your actions...now that is civilisation.Middle Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09962830669606760640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18214889.post-1164600875935340392006-11-27T15:14:00.000+11:002006-11-27T15:14:00.000+11:00The question we should be asking is this: "why sh...The question we should be asking is this: <BR/><BR/>"why should smokers HAVE to be policed?"<BR/><BR/>If smokers in general didn't throw their butts on the ground or put their cigarettes out with their feet, then there wouldn't be a need to encforce the littering law - for them anyway.<BR/><BR/>Cigarette butts are litter, and the people who throw them on the ground are just as bad as the pigs who can't be bothered to put their rubbish in a bin. <BR/><BR/>All it takes is just a little R-E-S-P-E-C-T which unfortunately, is getting harder and harder to find no matter where in the world you are.<BR/><BR/>BTW I am in Sydney, Australia and people here are fined for throwing cigarette butts out too. Respectable smokers carry their own personal ashtray........<BR/><BR/>CarolbAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com