tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831460302127464649.post8216458796276321176..comments2023-08-01T05:51:58.980-07:00Comments on RHODES LESS TRAVELED: CIGARETTESVivianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07402880364594657384noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831460302127464649.post-40623968166426810522011-08-23T18:54:38.523-07:002011-08-23T18:54:38.523-07:00What about a kid pointing a finger at an overweigh...What about a kid pointing a finger at an overweight adult, a stranger, and saying "You're too fat, you could have a heart attack". Accurate? Possibly. Helpful? Doubtful. Rude? You decide.Vivianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07402880364594657384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831460302127464649.post-48184427566656075202011-08-23T16:07:52.563-07:002011-08-23T16:07:52.563-07:00Why is an 8-year-old boy who tells a smoker that ...Why is an 8-year-old boy who tells a smoker that smoking is bad for your health a "disrespectful, ill-bred child"? The kid is trying to save the guy's life. And he's only 8 -- repeating what he's learned. If the mother is looking on and smirking than she's the villain. Someone should inform the child that he's being raised by an ill-bred, disrespectful mother.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831460302127464649.post-28156125491322504442011-08-21T21:36:53.352-07:002011-08-21T21:36:53.352-07:00Just last week, the results of another "study...Just last week, the results of another "study" affirmed what most of us knew already instinctively -- that people with great genes can smoke, be overweight, drink, and not exercise, etc. -- and stil live long lives(think Winston Churchill and Sebastian Cabot) because good genes beats "evil" nicotine, cholesterol and other "evil substances" that provide so much pleasure! (Small print - eating healthfully and not smoking might improve the longevity odds for those without such great genes -- might.) Notice that this study didn't get a lot of press? Why? Interferes with the agenda of the "health" police who have now banned trans fats in NY & smoking in some public places in CA. And we used to scoff at the "blue laws!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com