# It should be ilegal to smoke on the street.

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [January 5, 2011, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-should-be-ilegal-to-smoke-on-the-street/566434 "2011-01-05T01:07:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2011, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-should-be-ilegal-to-smoke-on-the-street/566434/72 "2011-01-06T03:30:30Z")

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> [@elbows](#):
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> Because you acted all butthurt when someone mentioned your dead relatives, after it was you who brought them into the discussion in the first place, just to score some cheap points in righteousness.

**Squink** sneered at them for “genetic weakness”, he didn’t “mention them”. And I brought them up to explain my feelings.

> [@elbows](#):
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> No one cares that it burns your nose and throat, that’s your problem.

Of course not, this is a mostly American board and America is a nation largely composed of near-sociopaths. I wouldn’t expect most people to care if I was dying in agony.

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