Tell me I wasn't just called a Nazi. I relize this is a sensitive issue, and I've tried to keep an open mind. In my original post I said
"...by inappropriate areas I'm refering to inside elevators, the hallways outside cabins, doorways of the theater, and elevator lobys. Now before anyone gets up in arms let me explain that I am not talking about folks who are smoking in areas where it is allowed"
later I even posted again saying "Again, People keep missing the point. I'm not trying to "bully" anyone. Smoke if you want ...just do it in the appropriate areas. Not in hallways, elevators and the like."
what part of this qualifies me as a Nazi? It seems a lot of folks are getting bent out of shape over this. Yes, Tobacco is legal. As is alcohol (as someone pointed out) with alcohol there are limits to where you can use the legal product i.e. not driving a car, not walking down the street etc...in other words you can't walk into a fast food place and order a McBeer. There are also limits to where you can smoke (i.e. non-smoking areas elevators lobys and the like) if all smokers would refrain from smoking in these places a large part of this issue would go away. Believe it or not smoking in and of itself is not a "right" (Smoking is a privlige, much like driving.) No one has the "right" to walk into a crowded elevator, theater or other designated non-smoking area and light up because he/she feels entitled to do so. It is this group of inconsiderate smokers that are spuring the non-smoking movement. Folks are sick and tired of being exposed to smoke at every turn and feel the best way to deel with it is to eliminate it alltogether. Folks also use the excuse of people annoying them in elevators with perfume, swimwear etc...ad nauseum Two wrongs do not make a right We should ALL be more considerate to fellow passengers.
As for the Paradise. No one should be limited to one port - iteneary -ship
As for Nazis, they killed millions of innocents (much like tobacco does each year) I don't think non-smokers deserve that kind of stigma.
The point I (and many others) are trying to make is this...Smokers need to be at least as considerate as topless sunbathers (I've yet to see my first in an elevator).
just my two cents.
sdb
