Galatia said:
Smoking, as well as everything else (except the Tsunami situations) is a choice.
not necissarily.
The air we breath is also our choice but I dont see anyone attacking the Car Companies the way they attacked the Tobacco companies, even though air pollution is about 1.000.000 times more lethal than second-hand smoking.
Remember this, our enviroment is a collective problem. I personaly, hate cars becuase of what it does. I choose not to drive, even though I was given that option almost a year ago to start. When it comes to it, Cars are owned by everyone, they are a requirement to live. People can't just take mass transit, msot need a car to get places. There is little choice in the matter, there are no cars that will completely save the air.
As for air pollution itself, It is dangers true, But smoking will speed up your death must quicker than the air we breath. Everyone breaths the same air, it is the smokers choice to breath in worse than what everyone else breaths in.
And the argument about the average person that doesnt know how bad junk food is for his health, is not valid. The information is all out there but the *average person* chooses NOT to see it.
Not everyone has the means to obtain it. Like mentioned, a family who has to scrape up a living, struggling every day to live, has little time to see what they eat is healthy or not. that however is not an issue valid in this thread, it is more of an issue on how horrible our entire system of governemtn is set up.
As for the financial status, this is also our choice,
of course, all those people under the poverty line in Canda and the united states, wish to be poor. Or those in countries around the world whos country is so poor, nothing is can be done, there is no money to get cause the country has none.
Mr. Pan. We choose the way we live our lives,
choice is almost non-existant. Many choose to try and make as much money to buy a big house and a car and green lawn and a white picket fence. But it doesnt happen. Even Students coming straight out of college find a shortage of jobs. Is it thier fault there is nothing available for them? Is it thier choice to be shut out, and have to go back to get more training, when the system which tells them they could get a good job, did not provide that job.
Mr. Pan. And the poor black woman I once saw in the NYC subway feeding her baby with Coca-Cola
( ) had the choice to a) get some milk given that it doesnt cost more than CoKe b) not to have that baby in the first place, since she couldnt even feed herself.
Milk costs much more than coke. A can of coke costs, at best 50 cents at a store I know. Lets see, if she is on the subway, she doesn't have a car, or at elast a car in her family that is occupied. By taking the subway, she has reduced the amount of air polution, by one car. Not having a child is a hard choice, especial when abortion is an issue I shall not bring up, but is un-questionably a horrible Idea. We also do not know financial status, but like I said before coke is a cheap option, and a car is usualy purchased, jsut to proove financial superiority. There is no doubt if she could afford one, im sure she would not be on that subway. So a poor family has little options. She may or may not be educated, im guessing not so much, not cause she's black, jsut becuase. Now, assuming the child has a father at all or not is irrelevant, if the father is not around it makes it even worse for her in a situation with a child. She is probably un-educated, not making alot of money, what else can she do? School costs money, and a child is alot to raise, leaving little time to raise a child, and assume she probly cant afford day care to do that.
what does all tha mean? nothing really, but remember you can't jsut see a mother feeding a child coke, and assume the worst. There are alot of people, with no options, and that is where society places many people. From the begining of time to the year 2005, things have not changed, the rich take and plunder the riches from the poor, and the poor is left with almost nothing, probably not even enough to live. Things have led to more people well off, but the system remains in tact, that the hardest worker in society will never be the wealthiest, not compared to those who do not deserve it who do absolutely nothing and can live that cushy life.
But she did it. And now what is the Society (aka us) supposed to do? Judge her and punish her for her stupidity? Or try to help her without comments?
There needs to be a rebellion. Overthrow the current government, and instil a new regime. Something closer to communism, but do not be confused. The People In Russia overthrew the government and put in "communism". but it was not really communism. A perfect society, will place no one above anyone else. taht is what ours does. Everyone should be given equal options. Right now, we are not all given the same oppertunities, where many are born in poor familys, and can never get anywhere, while hte children of the rich do abosultely nothing, have the same education as the poor drop-out, but gets enough money they don't need to do anyhting. that is the way this world works. Why I am against Smoking, is because it shows our societies weakness. One more problem people indulge themselves in. Its not a secret however, the box of ciggarettes tell you, (assuming you are able to stay in school long enough to learn to read and is not pushed into a world wehre u have to work on minimum wage jsut to live.) that smoking will kill you.
