Both can be considered addictions that CAN be controlled.
Both are dangerous to your life and health.
Both are expensive to society (much more so sex.. discuss!)
Both can be done in the privacy of one's own home and out of the range of others
But it is only PC to bash smokers, but not someone's sex lifestyle. Why is that? Casual sex encounters are portrayed constantly on TV, but smoking is STRICTLY forbidden. Doesn't make sense b/c if desire for sex is innate, kids would be more influenced by seeing it than seeing smoking.
2006-10-15 08:07:23 · 8 answers · asked by Nels 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
I think there's been an interesting shift in popular culture, and promiscuity isn't viewed as being "bad" anymore.
Look as Sex and the City. Listen to "Promiscuous Girl" by Nelly Furtado.
It's really, really sad, actually.
2006-10-15 09:19:31 · answer #1 · answered by Lanani 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Just because that's what the public chooses to bash. No other reason at all. I personally think bashing BOTH are rude. It's none of my business who you sleep with OR whether or not you smoke.
2006-10-15 15:09:57 · answer #2 · answered by cyanne2ak 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
People doing stupid things (smoking) is disappointing. People who hurt themselves (smoking) is sad. We know that smoking is a guaranteed danger. We know that when people smoke around other people it puts others in danger. No one has a right to put others in danger.
Promiscuity is a judgement by others that does not have universal agreement. There is no number of partners that anyone can agree on as one too many. Who we sleep with and for what reason, pleasure, intimacy, reproduction, sport, is each individuals business and no others. This argument assumes the practice of safer sex.
So, because my safer sex practices have no effect on your health, then it is none of your business.
Since your smoking costs me money and creates a danger for me, it is my business.
2006-10-15 15:24:32 · answer #3 · answered by OU812 5 · 1⤊ 4⤋
I am a smoker and I agree with you they need to leave us smokers alone and go pick on someone else for awhile
2006-10-15 15:27:49 · answer #4 · answered by ? 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Go ahead and have all the sex you want - as long as it is with a consenting legal aged person. Smoking ? I have an issue with.
I don't like breathing it.
2006-10-15 15:10:07 · answer #5 · answered by planksheer 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
I would much rather die of emphysema than, A.I.D.S. it takes a lot longer and, i'm not going to kill every one i smoke with.
2006-10-15 15:47:17 · answer #6 · answered by ny21tb 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you cannot die from second hand sexually transmitted diseases.
2006-10-15 15:16:08 · answer #7 · answered by melissa 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
i don't have to partake in your sexual escapades, but i have no choice in your smoking... cough .. cough................
2006-10-15 15:14:17 · answer #8 · answered by 1hunglo 3 · 1⤊ 4⤋