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"Obveeus" <Obve...@aol.com> wrote:
> "BTR1701" <atro...@mac.com> wrote:
> 
>> "Obveeus" <Obve...@aol.com> wrote:
>>> "Mason Barge" <masonba...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 11 Oct 2012 08:56:15 -0500, Steve Bartman <sbart...@visi.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:34:42 -0400, "Obveeus" <Obve...@aol.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Except for those non-smokers in the immediate vicinity.
>>>>> 
>>>>> True, but in those days we weren't so grossed out by people smoking
>>>>> nearby. It was just a background noise. You never would have
>>>>> complained about someone smoking at a nearby table in a restaurant, at
>>>>> least in the south.
>>>> 
>>>> Geez, when I started college, we'd walk into the classroom, slap down 
>>>> the
>>>> pack of Marlboros and the Zippo on the desk, and light up at will.
>>> 
>>> I sure am glad this country offers people less individual freedom than 
>>> 'the
>>> good old days'.
>> 
>> The country doesn't offer freedom. Freedom is the natural state. If
>> anything, the country offers restriction on freedom.
> 
> That would be the natural state of freedom that allows you to shoot your 
> neighbor for his food supplies...ah, how you long for the day.

Yep, you're a cartoon.