So, on ABC News tonight, a 10 year-old boy was the "person of the week." His achievement was to suggest legislation in his state to prohibit smoking in cars. Children in those cars get second-hand smoke, he reasoned, which is bad for them.
Well, I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it any more. The next step, obviously, is to ban smoking in houses, because children ... You get the point. At the risk of sounding like some Republic* fuddy-duddy harping about personal responsibility, I must say that people have the responsibility from protecting their own kids from second-hand smoke, sharp knives, the poisons under the kitchen sink, and Rush Limbaugh. This has to stop somewhere. It's enough to make me start smoking in protest. If I could stand the first-hand smoke.
*from Bush on down, the party of fuddy-duddys insists on calling the Democratic Party the "Democrat" Party. So, until they stop, it's "Republic" Party. Why be civil to jerks?
"responsibility of." I'm going to have to start reading these things before I post them.
ReplyDeleteyou know you can edit your posts even after you post them.... but to the actual content of your post i say, "right on, dad!" - jessica
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