Comments on: Debunk the Myth: Sasquatch http://www.cryptomundo.com/bigfoot-report/sas-myth/ for Bigfoot, Loch Ness, and More Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:11:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Craig Woolheater http://www.cryptomundo.com/bigfoot-report/sas-myth/#comment-20962 Craig Woolheater Sun, 04 Feb 2007 19:44:17 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/bigfoot-report/sas-myth/#comment-20962 This post was not intended to be a smoking vs. non-smoking debate. Several commenters mentioned what I was trying to show here, how pervasive Bigfoot is in pop culture today. I have turned comments off for this post as it has turned into something that was not intended. This post was not intended to be a smoking vs. non-smoking debate.

Several commenters mentioned what I was trying to show here, how pervasive Bigfoot is in pop culture today.

I have turned comments off for this post as it has turned into something that was not intended.

]]> By: Sunny http://www.cryptomundo.com/bigfoot-report/sas-myth/#comment-20964 Sunny Sun, 04 Feb 2007 18:02:56 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/bigfoot-report/sas-myth/#comment-20964 Florida enacted a smoking ban several years ago -- and none of the horror stories about bankrupted restaurants have come true. Establishments that sell above a certain percentage of their gross as alcohol can allow smoking, but those are few and far between. It's not illegal to commit suicide either (in Florida, anyway), but that doesn't mean I should just quietly let someone toss my body off a bridge, either. The scientific and medical evidence speaks for itself. You treat your body the way you want -- but don't force me to deal with the consequences. Florida enacted a smoking ban several years ago — and none of the horror stories about bankrupted restaurants have come true. Establishments that sell above a certain percentage of their gross as alcohol can allow smoking, but those are few and far between.

It’s not illegal to commit suicide either (in Florida, anyway), but that doesn’t mean I should just quietly let someone toss my body off a bridge, either.

The scientific and medical evidence speaks for itself. You treat your body the way you want — but don’t force me to deal with the consequences.

]]> By: qumrum http://www.cryptomundo.com/bigfoot-report/sas-myth/#comment-20961 qumrum Sun, 04 Feb 2007 17:40:47 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/bigfoot-report/sas-myth/#comment-20961 Wow! No one is holding a gun to your head on the sidewalk and forcing you to walk into a smoking establishment. There are plenty of non-smoking venues for people to enjoy. Why not let the industry or business owners decide for themselves? When the corner bars shut down, where are the second hand smoke consumers going to work? Apparently, more people are welcoming Big Brother with open arms than I thought. Wow! No one is holding a gun to your head on the sidewalk and forcing you to walk into a smoking establishment. There are plenty of non-smoking venues for people to enjoy. Why not let the industry or business owners decide for themselves? When the corner bars shut down, where are the second hand smoke consumers going to work? Apparently, more people are welcoming Big Brother with open arms than I thought.

]]> By: Mike Smith http://www.cryptomundo.com/bigfoot-report/sas-myth/#comment-20959 Mike Smith Sun, 04 Feb 2007 16:43:06 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/bigfoot-report/sas-myth/#comment-20959 I bet this would have stopped traffic in its place. I bet this would have stopped traffic in its place.

]]> By: kittenz http://www.cryptomundo.com/bigfoot-report/sas-myth/#comment-20958 kittenz Sun, 04 Feb 2007 16:14:46 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/bigfoot-report/sas-myth/#comment-20958 Actually I think that it is Maine that has the proposed law banning smoking in the car when children are present. If consenting adults (thanks, shovethenos) want to smoke in their homes or cars, well, it's their lungs. Kentucky is a big tobacco growing state, and smoking bans here meet with howls from many people. But even smokers will usually - grudgingly at first - come to admit that dining out or playing bingo is more pleasant in a smoke-free room. BTW, nicotine makes an excellent insecticide too. It's the active ingredient in many houseplant insecticides. Actually I think that it is Maine that has the proposed law banning smoking in the car when children are present.

If consenting adults (thanks, shovethenos) want to smoke in their homes or cars, well, it’s their lungs.

Kentucky is a big tobacco growing state, and smoking bans here meet with howls from many people. But even smokers will usually - grudgingly at first - come to admit that dining out or playing bingo is more pleasant in a smoke-free room.

BTW, nicotine makes an excellent insecticide too. It’s the active ingredient in many houseplant insecticides.

]]> By: Mnynames http://www.cryptomundo.com/bigfoot-report/sas-myth/#comment-20963 Mnynames Sun, 04 Feb 2007 15:39:30 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/bigfoot-report/sas-myth/#comment-20963 Bravo, Kittenz. Anti-smoking laws are not restricting rights, they are protecting them. We all have the right to breathe clean air, and to be protected from the cancerous exhalations of those who do not. No one would try to protect an IV drug user that was injecting innocent bystanders with their filth, or someone who liked the rush caused from oxygen deprivation that stangled strangers, so why do people put up with people blowing carcinogens in their face? There is now a state (I forget which, it could be mine, New Jersey) that is going to enforce fines for anyone caught smoking in a car in which a child is an occupant. As a child forced to experience such unpleasant and unhealthy experiences (At least until I got my hands on a gas mask when I was 12 or so- oh, I wore it!), I am all in favour. Bravo, Kittenz. Anti-smoking laws are not restricting rights, they are protecting them. We all have the right to breathe clean air, and to be protected from the cancerous exhalations of those who do not. No one would try to protect an IV drug user that was injecting innocent bystanders with their filth, or someone who liked the rush caused from oxygen deprivation that stangled strangers, so why do people put up with people blowing carcinogens in their face?

There is now a state (I forget which, it could be mine, New Jersey) that is going to enforce fines for anyone caught smoking in a car in which a child is an occupant. As a child forced to experience such unpleasant and unhealthy experiences (At least until I got my hands on a gas mask when I was 12 or so- oh, I wore it!), I am all in favour.

]]> By: shovethenos http://www.cryptomundo.com/bigfoot-report/sas-myth/#comment-20960 shovethenos Sat, 03 Feb 2007 23:48:40 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/bigfoot-report/sas-myth/#comment-20960 What kittenz said, with the addition of <i>consenting</i>. What <i>consenting</i> adults do in the privacy of their homes or private clubs is their business. What kittenz said, with the addition of consenting. What consenting adults do in the privacy of their homes or private clubs is their business.

]]> By: Darla KnD http://www.cryptomundo.com/bigfoot-report/sas-myth/#comment-20957 Darla KnD Sat, 03 Feb 2007 22:53:58 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/bigfoot-report/sas-myth/#comment-20957 Does he have family that make commercials? He could be related to those other fellas that make an insurance commercial. Does he have family that make commercials? He could be related to those other fellas that make an insurance commercial.

]]> By: mahlerfan http://www.cryptomundo.com/bigfoot-report/sas-myth/#comment-20956 mahlerfan Sat, 03 Feb 2007 22:01:05 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/bigfoot-report/sas-myth/#comment-20956 In another post you asked the question if ufology and cryptozoology had anything in common. At the time I didn't think so, but now I am not so sure. The U.F.O.s and their little gray aliens have become cultural icons. You see them in television commercials, in magazine adds, as toys, in video games and, well they're everywhere. And it looks like bigfoot is now following in their footprints (pun intended.) In another post you asked the question if ufology and cryptozoology had anything in common. At the time I didn’t think so, but now I am not so sure. The U.F.O.s and their little gray aliens have become cultural icons. You see them in television commercials, in magazine adds, as toys, in video games and, well they’re everywhere. And it looks like bigfoot is now following in their footprints (pun intended.)

]]> By: kittenz http://www.cryptomundo.com/bigfoot-report/sas-myth/#comment-20955 kittenz Sat, 03 Feb 2007 17:07:50 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/bigfoot-report/sas-myth/#comment-20955 The people who work in those places have to breathe that smoke too and second hand smoke is even worse than taking a drag off the cig. What people do in the privacy of their homes or private members-only clubs is their own business as long as they are not subjecting children to it. But smoking bans in public places just make sense. The people who work in those places have to breathe that smoke too and second hand smoke is even worse than taking a drag off the cig.

What people do in the privacy of their homes or private members-only clubs is their own business as long as they are not subjecting children to it. But smoking bans in public places just make sense.

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