Reply #238: You are really, really interested in having a battle with someone inside your own head

[Warren DeMontague]

but that entity isn't me.

I am sorry your dad died of alcoholism. Seriously, I am. What does it prove that I didn't say it until now? You also neglected to offer your condolences for my friend who was killed at 26 by a drunk driver. Is this really the game you want to play, here?

As you may or may not have seen upthread, I have alcoholism in my family, too. My dad got sober and stayed that way for 15 years, only to have the smokes kill him. Both are terrible ways to die.

"I don't really give a crap about your opinion on this"-- well, you know what? You started the thread, so you asked. So you're going to get it whether you like it or not. Tough.

"you need to take a look in that mirror your always telling everyone else to look in." -where?

"tout bullshit statistics to support your case." -where?

"You seem to be the one who thinks smoking is worse" --- apparently, while you'll gladly tell me what my opinion is, you're not interested enough to listen (because you don't "give a crap") to it. Like I said, you're babbling. The only mirror I think you should look in is the one that will make you ask yourself what, precisely, you're so pissed off about here, and why.

What I want to know is, what are you trying to achieve in this thread? You want an apology from the wine drinkers? You want society to start liking cigarette smoke more? What is it you think you're going to accomplish, here?