I found this today while looking for something else. Since it is dated April 2007 before I joined I don't know if this has been posted yet.

It's one man's view of why people should be nice to smokers, CBS report. We all thought this all along, right? This how they think of us (and this is when they think they're being nice):

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/04/18/opinion/garver/main2697722.shtml

Yeah, he pretty much lump's smokers in with derelict's doesn't he? But, he's willing to lower himself, and is going to start saying "hello" to smoker's, because, well, aren't they people also. Of course, he is totally shocked to occasionally find an intelligent smoker.

What you are dealing with is a person suffering from "tunnel vision". They live in a world of black and white, with no shades of gray. They tend to be very difficult to educate.

"I'm going to try to be less judgmental of people who smoke and I encourage you to do the same — no matter how bad their smoke smells."

Let's see.

1. He admits he's been judgmental.

2. He admits it's not going to be easy to change.

3. He doesn't want to be the lone nice guy.

4. He's going to start as soon as he gets one last dig in.

What a bag of sh**.

Oh my, how judgmental of me.

Not only are smokers regarded as criminals and child abusers, but it is also assumed that we all live in trailer parks, could be potential guests on the Jerry Springer show, and spend our Welfare checks on cigarettes and beer.

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Originally posted by Pat:
...but it is also assumed that we all live in trailer parks, could be potential guests on the Jerry Springer show, and spend our Welfare checks on cigarettes and beer.

True and I've always wondered what happens when someone quits smoking?

Does their IQ automatically go up?

Do they get promoted at work?

Does they automatically buy a home?

Btw, a couple of weeks ago I saw a doctor. After telling him I had no interest in quitting smoking after his health speech, he then went into a financial speech; how much money I could save. I said, "I make my own. They're only a buck five ($1.05) a pack."

He wasn't about to give up, He quickly calculated that out and said I could save about 50 bucks a month if I quit. I said, "You've gotta be kidding me" (as in "Big deal") and then I laughed. I then asked what I should spend that $50 on if I quit, Twinkies or beer?

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Originally posted by squeezer:
I then asked what I should spend that $50 on if I quit, Twinkies or beer?

My bet would be Twinkies, he can make more money off of you by prescribing Lipitor [screening your blood every 3 months] and checking your weight every three months.

I would have informed the "doctor" that I smoke because I enjoy it and because it is a cheaper alternative to drugs to correct my ADD.

ADD drugs cost from ten to twenty five dollars a day. In order to get a prescription for it costs an adult between five and seven thousand dollars.

squeezer, I would hate to be your doctor.

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Originally posted by John L:
squeezer, I would hate to be your doctor.

Only if I was in a bad mood, John. LOL

You can see the impact from years of anti-smoking messages. This article is not even about smoking, but, it gives free rein to someone claiming smokers cannot be trusted. Yet, today, no one even notices the bigotry in such statements, nor challenges it.



"If you wear provocative clothing, tattoos, or you smell of alcohol or cigarettes, who's going to believe you?" she said.


"Dress Code Debate: 2nd Passenger Censored"
Woman Says Southwest Flight Attendant Made Her Cover Up For Flight

DALLAS, Sept. 13, 2007

(AP) A second young woman has come forward to claim that Southwest Airlines employees made her cover up on a recent flight, leading jet-setters to ask: Will my outfit fly?

Setara Qassim said a flight attendant confronted her during the trip from Tucson, Ariz., to Burbank, Calif., and asked whether she had a sweater to go over her green halter-style dress.

Qassim, 21, told KNBC-TV in Los Angeles she was forced to wrap a blanket around herself for the rest of the flight. She complained that if Southwest wants passengers to dress a certain way, it should publish a dress code.

Last week, 23-year-old Kyla Ebbert said a Southwest employee pulled her aside as she was preparing to board a plane departing San Diego for Tucson in July and told her she was dressed too provocatively to fly.

Ebbert, who took her case to NBC's "Today Show," said she was allowed on the plane after adjusting her sweater and short skirt. She said she was humiliated and felt the stares of other passengers who had overheard the verbal dressing-down.

Dallas-based Southwest Airlines Co. acknowledged the incident involving Ebbert, but airline spokesman Chris Mainz said the company had no record that Qassim ever complained.

Messages left with Qassim at her California home were not immediately returned to The Associated Press.

Southwest - which dressed its stewardesses in hot pants and called itself "the love airline" back in the 1970s - relies on employees to decide whether a passenger's attire may offend other customers, Mainz said.

"We don't have a dress code. We rely on our employees to use common sense, good judgment and good taste," Mainz said. "It's so rare for us to have to address a customer's clothing issue."

American Airlines claims the right to refuse to carry passengers for a variety of reasons, including being drunk, barefoot, having an offensive odor or being "clothed in a manner that would cause discomfort or offense to other passengers."

"It's generally a graphic on a T-shirt that might be uncomfortable" to another passenger, said American Airlines spokesman Tim Wagner. "We always find ways to mitigate it as best possible, with not allowing someone on a flight being the last option."

David Castelveter, spokesman for the Air Transport Association, the trade group of the major U.S. airlines, said he didn't know of any airline having a dress code for passengers.

Lynda White, who teaches etiquette classes and calls herself "The First Lady of Manners," said many young people have gotten lax on what to wear and how to act - possibly influenced by Hollywood stars. She recommends "business-casual" outfits for the plane because you might be seated next to a potential employer or business contact.

"If you wear provocative clothing, tattoos, or you smell of alcohol or cigarettes, who's going to believe you?" she said.

CBS NEWS

"I'm...too sexy for my flight...
Too sexy for my flight......"





NOT GUILTY!





NOT GUILTY!

Short skirt or not...the blonde looks like a guy in drag. The brunette below her, however, is quite attractive.

Extremely bad pic of her, but then I adore and worship babes with big honkers. I'll see if I can find a better one.

Wow! Have we gotten into "double standard" territory here? Has Southwest Airlines forgotten history? Are people so easily offended? Apparently so!

If you don't like it, don't look! If you do like it, fine.

Only referring to the above pictures, by the way.

The girls look OK to me