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From a purely aesthetic perspective, someone waving their arms, holding their nose, and talking loudly about how disgusting smokers are as they walk past a ciga
by jacobolus 7y ago
From a purely aesthetic perspective, someone waving their arms, holding their nose, and talking loudly about how disgusting smokers are as they walk past a cigarette smoker is far more unpleasant than the original act. Theatrical public shaming is one of the ugliest things in society.
- gvjddbnvdrbv 7y agoGiven the strong association with SIDS and cigarette smoke the desire of parents to get their newborn babies away from the poison is not theatrical. It is practical.
- toasterlovin 7y agoI don’t know what to tell you, but there’s a fundamental difference between being the transgressor and responding to a transgression. And I say this, FWIW, as a on and off smoker.
- jacobolus 7y agoFWIW, I have never smoked a cigarette in my life. (But did grow up, as the child of anthropologist parents, frequently sitting near wood cook fires in small smoke-filled huts, which is at least 1000x worse than any second-hand cigarette smoke you could possibly get outside.) There is a fundamental difference between someone minding their own business on a public street, not harming anyone else, and someone else putting on a show to shame them based on gross mis-assessment of risk.
- toasterlovin 7y agoI’m not sure what to say here. You have reiterated that there is no health issue, but my point is that whether or not a given behavior presents a physical harm to others is not the sole standard by which public behavior is governed.