comment by Steven

The anti-smoking crusade is about nothing more than elitism.

“They” have taken away the “right” to be racist, sexist, age-ist, anti-Semitic, homophobic, and so forth. So we went looking for new targets; Christianity (backfired; too much political clout, although its always open season on the Catholic Church for everybody), emigrants (a perennial favorite, dating back centuries), blonds (who either didn’t get it, and so ruined the fun — or did get it, and looked like, well, me).

So, who’s left that can be safely targeted? Smokers!

The only problem is, once we’ve been thoroughly marginalized, with the ability to enjoy a legal substance curtailed, and we never, ever have to be seen again, who will the oh-so-rightously concerned crusaders have to feel superior to?