Foolish attempt at some sort of summary (?)
YES - that smoke does stink, and cling.. as said. That it is 'carcinogenic' to *some* degree - appears by now to be incontrovertible. The mere impoliteness ALONE: in any sane society [Hah!!] ought to render any discussion moot. DO NOT create smoke in others' air supplies. If outdoors - usually that Ought to be enough space to permit a reasonable coexistence. Usually.
But I'll still support Dan re the smarmy deflection of attention towards THIS (problem of uncivilized intrusion) and FROM: the evidently larger problem, ongoing and as evidently, more-SERIOUS situation for ALL.
Just the amount of crap that enters the atmosphere as consequence (say) of the creation of One Computer [much worse: One New Auto..] illustrates the magnitude.
Consider merely all the noxius solvents that go along with each step from mining the ore to.. finished, color-packaged, product. I'm sure that everyone here has enough imagination to not need some stupid and lengthy list of those stages.
IMhO we do not pay attention to THAT because: it goes to the heart of infinite, mindless consumption = the very BASIS of all the current wet dreams of everything from personal wealth to the fucking ownership of..
One of Everything / TWO! of Some.
(No, I dunno how best we morph from this idiocy towards.. some Other measure of ego / self-worth than.. mere acquisiton of Endless Stuff. But we'd best take a stab at inventing some new myths and some new things to do, in the daily nonsense play which fills the time for most homo-saps.)
Ashton
'Chemistry' introduced me to (lots) - now its misuse may kill us all, quite ungloriously. Via our passion for Excess.
PS - is it even OT ??
I was in a local chain Everything-store (not ever Walmart, of course) on Sun. pm. Saw a corner of an island filled with...
..wait for it.
...all colorfully "blister-packed" sos you can salivate over the content of the Must_have thing you're about to put on your near-maxed credit card.
....because You Really fucking NEED this!
.....It was a slew of:
FART Machines.
Uh huh.. Uh Huh Huh... Uh Huh Huh Huh Huh.
Flaming assholes everywhere...
Talk to one of THOSE buyers about particulate matter in second-hand smoke....
