And now to piss off the smokers...

I really wanted to stay out of this debate, but I've heard so much complete idiocy on this subject that I just could not avoid it any longer. The idiocy I've heard from the smokers' camp has made something painfully clear:

The vast majority of smokers are unreasonable, self-centered assholes.

Was that harsh? Perhaps, but it seems to be the only real conclusion I can come to. Despite what smokers may think, smoking in a closed, public place is not a civil liberty. If it were, the following would also be civil liberties that one could legally do in bars:

• Start trash fires


• Defecate on the grill


• Replace the grease in the deep fryer with 10W-40


• Replace the waiter's pepper with lead shavings


• Shove asbestos ceiling tiles into running oscillating fans


• Ejaculate on random patrons


• Ejaculate on the waiter


• Ejaculate into running oscillating fans


• Defecate into running oscillating fans


• Ejaculate in the deep fryer


• Ejaculate on the grill


• Shove random patrons into running oscillating fans


• Start random patron fires

I think you get the point. Each of these things will get you arrested. Some of them are even less harmful to other people in the bar than smoking around them. So, to conclude, I'll make this very simple:

If your actions are harming or endangering others, there are grounds to ban them. Get your head out of your ass.

(Hear that, people who use cellular phones while driving?)

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Big Cray: Accept No Substitute