Coronavirus: Smokers quit in highest numbers in a decade

Coronavirus: Smokers quit in highest numbers in a decade Aug 2, 2020 22:09:51 GMT via mobile

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Post by avocadojoe on Aug 2, 2020 22:09:51 GMT

Aug 2, 2020 16:41:06 GMT gameboy said:

Aug 2, 2020 16:00:08 GMT Stammerhead said:

You keep insulting the anti-smoking majority by comparing them to an anti-scientific religious cult and you (mildly) insult people who have just given up smoking by calling them foolish. If it was proven that smoking saves lives and they are cutting short their own by jumping on to the religious cult bandwagon then, yes, they are foolish. But at the moment it’s like calling people fools because they step on cracks in the pavement/sidewalk.

First, the majority here may not smoke, but that doesn't mean they are rabid anti-smokers. Most people believe "live and let live" and they don't worry that a waft of second-hand smoke from a burning plant leaf will kill them.

Second, since when is disagreeing with people an insult? Sorry, anyone is a fool if they quit smoking now and increase their risk of getting the corona virus. This stuff is not rocket science.

Sheesh. This is like trying to explain reality to Muslim fundamentalists.

<<< [atheist eyes]

No, disagreeing with someone is (obviously) not insulting the person. But calling them "idiots" and "fools" IS insulting them and this is what you just did. Your motives are questionable because, as Stammerhead said, you are not going to bring anybody to your point of view if you call them an idiot outright. You are going to antagonize the person right away. Proceeding with insults and all your absolutes makes YOU look rather foolish as you keep trying to be different and play the lone wolf.