Smoking: To be or not to Be

[manker]

Hobbes, where do people like you come up with the assertion that just because you ask a question, the person is obliged to answer? Minger does this a lot. Maybe l didn't like your tone, or your sarcasm. The point is, l choose what questions l answer, just as you do, have l demanded anything from you?

I take it that you're referring to me when you say 'Minger does this a lot'. Yes I do, if I feel I've put a pertinent point forward and the person I'm discussing an issue with does not refer to it, then I'll ask the question again - as I've done in this thread.

If a person still will not reply then by default one has to assume that they don't have an answer.

[Snee]

None of your examples are allowed, legally*.

And furthermore, they all involve hurting others, more or less directly. Except for the gambling, which isn't anything like smoking every once in a while. That points to a serious mental problem for which they should seek treatment. And if they can't stop themselves before becoming deep in debt it's fairly certain that they can't be trusted with responsibility.

Smoking on the other hand may actually be considered a form of self-medication, as it helps to calm the nerves of the smoker, altho' it is detrimental to his health.


None of your examples compare with someone smoking outside of the workplace, the worst they can possibly do to you because they are smokers is to smell bad, and I daresay you'd think twice before firing someone with bad BO.

And even if someone else might have used a bad analogy that doesn't mean you win an argument by doing the same.


*Except for the gambling, depending on where you live.

[UKResident]

If a person still will not reply then by default one has to assume that they don't have an answer.

Maybe l didn't like your tone, or your sarcasm.

So it defaults to you does it?

[UKResident]

None of your examples are allowed, legally*. Liverpool Supporter?

And furthermore, they all involve hurting others, more or less directly. Liverpool Supporter?
Except for the gambling, which isn't anything like smoking every once in a while. That points to a serious mental problem for which they should seek treatment. And if they can't stop themselves before becoming deep in debt it's fairly certain that they can't be trusted with responsibility.

Smoking on the other hand may actually be considered a form of self-medication, as it helps to calm the nerves of the smoker, altho' it is detrimental to his health. The only nerves it calms are the ones it causes.

None of your examples compare with someone smoking outside of the workplace, the worst they can possibly do to you because they are smokers is to smell bad, Exactly and I daresay you'd think twice before firing someone with bad BO. No, smell bad and you're gone.

And even if someone else might have used a bad analogy that doesn't mean you win an argument by doing the same. Yes it does, ask Minger

*Except for the gambling, depending on where you live.

What about the questions l asked you? l insist you answer!

[hobbes]

Hobbes, where do people like you come up with the assertion that just because you ask a question, the person is obliged to answer? Minger does this a lot. Maybe l didn't like your tone, or your sarcasm. The point is, l choose what questions l answer, just as you do, have l demanded anything from you?

I was one of many asking the same question and really the only relevant question relating to this thread.

So you dodge again.

[UKResident]

Hobbes, where do people like you come up with the assertion that just because you ask a question, the person is obliged to answer? Minger does this a lot. Maybe l didn't like your tone, or your sarcasm. The point is, l choose what questions l answer, just as you do, have l demanded anything from you?

I was one of many asking the same question and really the only relevant question relating to this thread.

So you dodge again.

Answer my question!

[manker]

So it defaults to you does it?

I consider that using the poster's style as an excuse for not providing an answer is poor in the extreme.

This is the sole reason I furnish you thusly.

[hobbes]

Answer my question!

And again.

I will answer your question. I made no such demand, you simply made that up.

I stated that you have ignored a question put to you, not my.

[UKResident]

This is the sole reason I furnish you thusly.

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Usage Note: It appears to have first been used by humorists, who may have been echoing the speech of poorly educated people straining to sound stylish.

[UKResident]

I stated that you have ignored a question put to you, not my.

What was the question again?