in
cigarettes cheaper, a
franchise operation that sells only
tobacco and tobacco related products, they have in a frame above the door something titled the '
smoker's creed.'
paraphrasing wildly, it says 'i smoke because i want to smoke. i am responsible for my own
choices. i am
healthy and
happy. i am free to make my own decisions.' before they hung that up, i always liked cigarettes cheaper. it's
cheap (duh), and the guy at the counter is nice to me. but that's
fucked up. obviously the
chain gets some kind of
kickback from
big tobacco corporations, and this is going too far in their attempt to make
smokers feel as though they are a dwindling minority of
freedom fighters, last adherents to the
bill of rights, true
patriots, respectable.
yeah, i do smoke because i want to
smoke. isn't that why humans do anything? that doesn't mean i want
evil corporations speaking on my behalf, trying to rally me toward some cause that is
unimportant and ultimately designed to ensure that they can continue the same
morally repugnant practices they've prepetrated for decades. i smoke because i'm a stupid
hedonist, not because i want to lend power or money to an evil industry. and if i ever quit, that will be the reason.
jes04: try
zyban.