Comments on: The Smoking Friend 6 http://borderline-boy.com/2008/01/24/32/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:15:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Charles http://borderline-boy.com/2008/01/24/32/#comment-20 Charles Mon, 04 Feb 2008 06:19:15 +0000 http://borderline-boy.com/?p=32#comment-20 I'm with Dwight on this, though perhaps not for the same reasons. I’m with Dwight on this, though perhaps not for the same reasons.

]]> By: Dwight http://borderline-boy.com/2008/01/24/32/#comment-13 Dwight Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:52:38 +0000 http://borderline-boy.com/?p=32#comment-13 So, if someone wants to quit smoking (for whatever reason) and they find that it is difficult, and that there is almost another person in them who doesn't want to quit, you don't think that addiction might possibly be sinful? I don't think smoking is bad in itself, and I enjoy a cigar or a pipe from time to time, but I think if it became an addiction, for me it would be a sin. So, if someone wants to quit smoking (for whatever reason) and they find that it is difficult, and that there is almost another person in them who doesn’t want to quit, you don’t think that addiction might possibly be sinful?

I don’t think smoking is bad in itself, and I enjoy a cigar or a pipe from time to time, but I think if it became an addiction, for me it would be a sin.

]]> By: John Peterson http://borderline-boy.com/2008/01/24/32/#comment-12 John Peterson Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:31:25 +0000 http://borderline-boy.com/?p=32#comment-12 I don't see it so much in terms of benefits and drawbacks; I just see it as a quotidian delight that can be enjoyed in moderation, without slavish servitude or rigorous abstinence. There is no failure of morality in smoking or drinking in moderation; in fact, while one may certainly choose to avoid smoking, the harsh prohibition of the act strikes me as an unduly authoritarian consequence of the cult of the body, which exhorts us all to live a healthy life and watch what we eat and don't smoke and do yoga and drink plenty of water, while either ignoring the life of the spirit completely or even advocating a life of pleasure-seeking within those body-loving guidelines. It strikes me as an outside/inside of the cup situation. I don’t see it so much in terms of benefits and drawbacks; I just see it as a quotidian delight that can be enjoyed in moderation, without slavish servitude or rigorous abstinence. There is no failure of morality in smoking or drinking in moderation; in fact, while one may certainly choose to avoid smoking, the harsh prohibition of the act strikes me as an unduly authoritarian consequence of the cult of the body, which exhorts us all to live a healthy life and watch what we eat and don’t smoke and do yoga and drink plenty of water, while either ignoring the life of the spirit completely or even advocating a life of pleasure-seeking within those body-loving guidelines.

It strikes me as an outside/inside of the cup situation.

]]> By: Jackson http://borderline-boy.com/2008/01/24/32/#comment-11 Jackson Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:05:33 +0000 http://borderline-boy.com/?p=32#comment-11 Thanks for commenting, John--it's interesting to see an opinion differing from those of the comic's characters. I'm curious now: what do you see as the benefits and drawbacks of smoking, and do you believe that in general the benefits outweigh the drawbacks? Or vice versa? Thanks for commenting, John–it’s interesting to see an opinion differing from those of the comic’s characters. I’m curious now: what do you see as the benefits and drawbacks of smoking, and do you believe that in general the benefits outweigh the drawbacks? Or vice versa?

]]> By: John Peterson http://borderline-boy.com/2008/01/24/32/#comment-8 John Peterson Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:05:37 +0000 http://borderline-boy.com/?p=32#comment-8 Tobacco ain't crack, it's our heritage. Cigarettes aren't heroin, they're just cigarettes. It ain't no sin to smoke. Is this really all the comic is about? Why doesn't Blondie develop an addiction to painkillers and internet porn? Tobacco ain’t crack, it’s our heritage. Cigarettes aren’t heroin, they’re just cigarettes. It ain’t no sin to smoke. Is this really all the comic is about? Why doesn’t Blondie develop an addiction to painkillers and internet porn?

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