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kelseyfrog 15 hours ago

> I vehemently insist on the right of my fellow humans to smoke.

You still have the right to bodily autonomy. What sellers don't have is the right to sell something that kills their clients and has obvious consequences en mass.

Just grow your own tobacco, cure it, process it, and roll your own cigarettes. Think of it like building your own Linux distro. You always had that ability, but didn't exercise it. Now you can.

sir0010010 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

An important caveat I would argue is that your fellow citizens' bodily autonomy gives them the right to prevent you from smoking if it would cause them to breath in the toxic, addictive and carcinogenic smoke you would be producing secondhand.

justsomehnguy 12 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> Just grow your own tobacco, cure it, process it, and roll your own cigarettes.

Just grow your own grapes, ferment them, distill them, and bottle your own whiskey.

Just raise your own cattle, slaughter them, butcher them, and prepare your own steak.

Just raise your own cows, milk them, pasteurize the milk, and produce your own cheese.

kelseyfrog 11 hours ago | parent | next [-]

There's no natural right to be sold a product. It simply doesn't exist in reality, not part of the universe, and antithetical to natural law.

I could demand you sell me your clothes. Just as absurd.

defrost 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Done all three, in complete honesty.

To be fair, you've left out

* Just build your own furnaces and make your own glass [check]

* Build your own aircraft [check]

* Fell trees for firewood and lumber [check]

* Make your own spear and catch your own food [check]

etc.

mmarian 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Just let the taxpayer funded healthcare system deal with the burden. See how you can go the other way too if you want to be objective :)

6510 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Not sure what you mean. Here smokers pay much more taxes than non smokers and they require much less health care.

6510 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Cant, peasants aren't allowed to own land because it would be bad for the economy.

But I like the idea, no meat for people born after 2009.

Driving a car is also bad for the air. Cycling is much better.

vrganj 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Yeah, or... don't.

But don't expect other people to make everything easy for you. If you really want to, you can. Laziness is not an excuse.

cucumber3732842 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Acting like "well we're not banning it, we're just regulating it to the point that it's a non starter for 99.99% of people effectively acomplishing the same thing" isn't a ban is just calling people stupid with extra steps.