Killingtime
Hole in a wall, Majjistral Malta
Posted: Jan 3, 2008, 2:20 AM CST
Well, I stopped smoking 5 times today…
We smokers actually contribute to the economy (government duties, taxes on profits generated by the tobacco industry, wages to employees of newsagents and stores etc).
Also, when we die prematurely, we save the government lots of money in pensions.
We smokers are actually laying down our lives most selflessly for all the non-smokers, so that THEY can have pensions and a better future.
What do we get in return? We get called “dirty” . We are turned away from jobs. We are accused of causing deaths by passive smoking (more money in pensions saved).
We smokers are considered social pariahs and this snobbish society turns its nose at us and looks at us with the same hatred usually reserved for drink drivers.
It has become an “us and them” situation.
*coughs up his lungs and quickly shoves them down his throat again*