Should People who Break Smoking Laws Be Shot

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  1. theirishobserver. profile image60
    theirishobserver.posted 14 years ago

    Two Irish men have been shot and wounded in New York when a security guard shoot them for smoking in a bowling alley.....should we execute smokers?

    1. IzzyM profile image87
      IzzyMposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Absolutely!

      Hang on a mo' while I light up another..

      Yes there is no excuse for this blatant disregard of other people (non-smokers).
      Line them up for the firing squad!

      1. Mamelody profile image60
        Mamelodyposted 14 years agoin reply to this

        Finally! I get target practice.. Bring on the SOBs and my gun will finally have some action! smile lol

    2. Valerie F profile image61
      Valerie Fposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Not necessary at all. Smokers are already executing themselves slowly and painfully.

    3. Cagsil profile image70
      Cagsilposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      No!

    4. Hokey profile image61
      Hokeyposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Can't answer right now. Going to smoke.

    5. rebekahELLE profile image85
      rebekahELLEposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      where is this story? hard to believe.

    6. Hokey profile image61
      Hokeyposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Hold on. Smoking. smile

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        lyricsingrayposted 14 years agoin reply to this

        ha.  me too. lol

    7. profile image0
      A Texanposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Execution seems a little harsh maybe just a good caning will do.

    8. Sab Oh profile image57
      Sab Ohposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Must be a little more to that story

    9. lovelypaper profile image58
      lovelypaperposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Thank goodness I never got addicted to nicotine. They of course should not be shot but the second-hand smoke is annoying and bad for you.

    10. tantrum profile image61
      tantrumposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Definitely !!




      They're everywhere !
      lol

    11. Average American profile image61
      Average Americanposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Ok, this is a European forum and I am so very American but... are you serious?

      The very idea that something you do with a legal substance, even in a location where its use is illegal should get you shot, killed or otherwise physically harmed is just, European!

      Who in Europe still has legal gun ownership anyway? I know that our Great Evolver in Chief is trying to take ours away (something which he will never accomplish, this I promise you) but I thought you all lost yours years ago?

    12. profile image0
      B.C. BOUTIQUEposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      absolutly not..I can not believe they were shot for smoking! I am shocked and appalled!

      I am against this so called smoking law anyway, If you can legally sell them, why can they not be used in public..I can understand in restaurants, but outside of buildings, in smokers lounges, bowling alleys, bars, etc.
      many of the clientel of certain establishments smoke, and if people are forced to smoke at home, that establishment loses clientel.

      This is America, what is happening to our so called "Freedom and Rights"????

    13. kirstenblog profile image79
      kirstenblogposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Well heck with this logic I should be able to execute dangerous drivers when ever I see them (as a school crossing patroller its is sadly very often) pedestrians who walk into traffic without paying any mind to the fact that a car was trying to drive there and couldn't see before being close enough to be a danger, how about politicians caught lying and destroying the moral fiber of political ideals, and well why not anyone that gets on my nerves! If not well can we execute the bankers who messed up the economy so badly at least? roll

      1. lorlie6 profile image72
        lorlie6posted 14 years agoin reply to this

        Thank you, Kirsten!  Oh, and don't forget cheating hubbies!

        1. kirstenblog profile image79
          kirstenblogposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Cheating hubbies get worse then execution in my universe lol tongue big_smile
          Right up there with child abusers and rapists, death would be to good for em mad

        2. Ralph Deeds profile image65
          Ralph Deedsposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          How about lying hubbers?!

    14. Ralph Deeds profile image65
      Ralph Deedsposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Wow! That's hard to believe. But NYC cops are known for being trigger happy. Maybe the security guards were moonlighting NYC's "finest."

  2. Hokey profile image61
    Hokeyposted 14 years ago

    Not until I quit( brb, smoke break)

  3. theirishobserver. profile image60
    theirishobserver.posted 14 years ago

    Hokey - I told the Irish before they went to New York - stop smoking it could kill you smile

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    lyricsingrayposted 14 years ago

    hold on I'm looking for a light.

    1. Hokey profile image61
      Hokeyposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      There YOU ARE!!!! Be my valentine????????????? big_smile big_smile smile smile

  5. theirishobserver. profile image60
    theirishobserver.posted 14 years ago

    Hokey you be careful with those matches...you know what happened last time...I had to get on eof the girls to Blow you.....up smile

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      lyricsingrayposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      lol lol lol

    2. Hokey profile image61
      Hokeyposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Oh yeah!!  uh... Thanks!!!!  big_smile big_smile

      1. profile image0
        lyricsingrayposted 14 years agoin reply to this

        morning Kiss xo  big_smile

        1. Hokey profile image61
          Hokeyposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Go to Valentines verse forum

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    Crazdwriterposted 14 years ago

    they were shot? dang that is way too extreme I think. No way smokers shoulnd't be shot jeez.

  7. profile image0
    Crazdwriterposted 14 years ago

    apparently they found out that there is something now called 3rd hand smoke

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    JeanMeriamposted 14 years ago

    I’m a smoker, but I have to go with the security guard on this one. Second hand smoke kills. This was clearly self defence.

    1. Cagsil profile image70
      Cagsilposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      The FDA has concluded in the U.S. that second hand smoke isn't as dangerous as lead to be believed. Sorry, it's no longer an excuse to use against smokers. smile

      1. IzzyM profile image87
        IzzyMposted 14 years agoin reply to this

        Oh that's great I can off my guilt trip!

      2. Mark Knowles profile image57
        Mark Knowlesposted 14 years agoin reply to this

        Let me get this right.

        You trust what the FDA tells you? wink

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        JeanMeriamposted 14 years agoin reply to this

        Does this mean I can start smoking in restaurants again? I haven’t been able to comfortably go out for coffee or a meal in years.

  9. Rod Marsden profile image67
    Rod Marsdenposted 14 years ago

    I think Judge Dredd (Yes, correct spelling)had the perfect  answer. In Mega City One smokers who break the law are rounded up by the judges, including Dredd, and placed in a room where they can smoke away to their hearts content. Of course the room only has a limited supply of oxygen per day and there is no relief from other people's smoke while you are in the room. You may be sentenced to stay there a week or a month or several months depending on the extent of the damage you have apparently caused to non-smokers. Let the punishment fit the crime.

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      Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I haven't watched that movie in a long time big_smile and that isn't a bad idea... but still cruel

      1. Rod Marsden profile image67
        Rod Marsdenposted 14 years agoin reply to this

        What I mentioned wasn't in the Judge Dredd movie but in one of the comics.  I have a Judge Dredd don't smoke poster somewhere at home. The judges upheld the law. This did not make them humanitarians. Dredd ran around with a robot sidekick for a while and the joke was that the robot was more human than he was even those he was and is a fleshy.

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          Crazdwriterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          OOOO never read the comic. How interesting. I learned something new smile

  10. profile image0
    lyricsingrayposted 14 years ago

    Irish where did you go?

    1. Hokey profile image61
      Hokeyposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Had to get some tea.

  11. peptalk profile image60
    peptalkposted 14 years ago

    Absolutely!  I'll be the first in line.... shoot me, shoot me I wanna be a martyr too!

  12. mod2vint profile image60
    mod2vintposted 14 years ago

    Maybe just maybe the law makers and the tax makers should be under the watchful eye of that security guard.

  13. theirishobserver. profile image60
    theirishobserver.posted 14 years ago

    Sab - probably more to it - but might as well open up the old smoking discussion for fun smile

  14. theirishobserver. profile image60
    theirishobserver.posted 14 years ago

    agreed smile

  15. Niteriter profile image59
    Niteriterposted 14 years ago

    I'm a firm believer in the shooting of cigarette smokers. They're using up too much of the carbon foorptint that could be used by ganja smokers. I'm for water pistols aimed at the flame end of the suckee.

  16. profile image0
    hamstersmessiahposted 14 years ago

    good grief, pretty soon us smokers will have to smoke in outer space!

  17. motricio profile image68
    motricioposted 14 years ago

    No way!
    I smoke too much big_smile

    1. tantrum profile image61
      tantrumposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  18. Hokey profile image61
    Hokeyposted 14 years ago

    Hold on! I have to smoke!!

    1. tantrum profile image61
      tantrumposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      big_smile

  19. motricio profile image68
    motricioposted 14 years ago

    Nooooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuuuu

      I'm death  sad

  20. 50 Caliber profile image60
    50 Caliberposted 14 years ago

    We smokers are paying a serious amount of taxes, why shoot your income? cough, gag, spit out a chunk of lung, ok all better. I love ridiculous questions.

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    DR.Pumpkinposted 14 years ago

    No,They should be talked to and giving some kind of chance.

  22. Petra Vlah profile image59
    Petra Vlahposted 14 years ago

    Sure, why not?
    Kill the smokers and let the real criminals run wild; we will have a healthier society!

  23. It's just me profile image61
    It's just meposted 14 years ago

    What's that line from that old Newman movie? Oh yeah "I told you not to let the idiot have a gun. If you let one idiot have a gun you have to give them all guns."

  24. waynet profile image68
    waynetposted 14 years ago

    Of course, the next logical step would be to shoot these law breaking smokers after introducing laws for smokers....

    Next introduce public hangings and lethal injections on the spot, forget about fines, these evil people need to be taken off the streets....I'm of course being very sarcastic!!

  25. profile image0
    Will Bensonposted 14 years ago

    Here's the write up from Feb 12 in the NY Post:

    A retired city correction officer shot two men outside a Queens bowling alley where he worked security yesterday morning after they refused to stop smoking indoors, cops said.

    Michael Iavecchio, 54, was charged with two counts of assault for firing at the two men with a handgun, cops said.

    The retired officer asked Gerard Hourigan and Justin Donaghy, both 29, to leave the Queens AMF alley on 34th Avenue in Jackson Heights, at around 1:40 a.m. and then escorted them to the street.

    There, the men, who sources said were drunk, allegedly charged at him.

    Iavecchio pulled a .380 semiautomatic and shot Hourigan in the chest and Donaghy in the stomach, authorities said. Both were in stable condition last night and were charged with menacing.

    Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/quee … z0ioksAbSP

    1. Ralph Deeds profile image65
      Ralph Deedsposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks, I assumed there was a bit more to the story. Still no excuse for the shooting.

  26. Lady_E profile image61
    Lady_Eposted 14 years ago

    Strange. I doubt a Security man would just shoot for smoking.

    Maybe he shouted to them and they ran off.... he got suspicious and shot??

    In answer to the Q, No - it's a harsh punishment. smile

  27. Danny R Hand profile image60
    Danny R Handposted 14 years ago

    legal suicide by proxy?

  28. brianzen profile image59
    brianzenposted 14 years ago

    Smokers need to linked in some way so we can have the same rights as say..............minorities or somethin' I hope some idiot pulls a gun on me for smoking. Wait no that would really suck.

  29. profile image0
    Will Bensonposted 14 years ago

    NY State is one of the hardest to get a CCW permit for a common citizen. Why would a security officer (retired jail guard) in a bowling alley need to be armed?

    I'm neither pro nor anti gun ownership, but this illustrates that when a handgun is handy, it's a potentially deadly option at the ready. Cops need weapons; do bowling alley guards?

 
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