People are asking what kind of statement "I don't care about the kids" is. I don't. I simply do not care about the kids. They're not my kids. They are not the kids of people I know. They don't talk to me, I don't talk to them. By and large, a lot of them are idiots. Here is the reason behind the original comment which apparently got people all riled up: I do what a rational person does and I look out for my own interests. Call it selfish, apply whatever label you want to it, but guess what, selfishness is human nature. The reason why I don't wether or not kids smoke is simple: I believe in personal liberty and personal responsibility. I know what I got into when I started smoking, I know its my fault. I have enough information to make an informed decision. I don't blame other people for my problems, and I sure as hell don't try and use pity arguments with no basis to further my cause. When other people, specifically the ones who seek to ban smoking (a noble cause, but useless), use children as an example of why a market product should be banned, they are disregarding the market (what people want) entirely and working towards their own selfish ends. The people that do that are no better than any one else who seeks to impose their own world view upon people who disagree with them. The anti-smoking crowd would like to see not a single smoker. Fine, they don't have to smoke. But for them to remove something I enjoy for the sake of people they don't know about, and most likely don't care about either, that is ridiculous. These people have apparently not realized that some people do like to smoke, regardless of the health effects. Because they couldn't convince people on their own to stop smoking, they got the government involved. Now they are mandating market conditions contrary to what the market is demanding. That is, simply put, bad economics. People can make their own choices. They don't need the government to do it for them. If the parents are responsible, then the parents will teach them not to smoke. If the kids want to smoke, they will find a way to do it. If they don't, they won't. When I have kids I will do my best to teach them not to smoke, to be healthy etc... and I will do my best to trust that they are intelligent enough to make their own decisions for the better. If they do smoke, I will tell them what I went through, and hope they change. But, all in all, I don't care about the vast majority of the kids that the current anti-smoking argument uses. Did that answer your question as to what kind of statement I made earlier? If not I will be happy to explain further.
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Posted: 8 12 2009 Post subject: afternoon fatigue prozac
