So what does Bruce Guthrie have to say?
Of course, individual restaurateurs can institute bans and some have. Then again, they could simply take up the suggestion put forward by a tweeter this week: smokers should be made to sit inside at restaurants on the sort of balmy days we've been enjoying and outside in chilly winters. That way, non-smokers would always get the best seats.
So, here we see precisely the problem at hand. Non-smokers are more important than smokers. Smokers are not people. In Bruce Guthrie's world, smokers are sub-human. The anti-smokers treat smokers as if they are Jews in Nazi Germany, or blacks forced to sit in the back of the bus in America's segregated south. That is the hate they have for people who smoke. You can dress it up all you like as a health issue, but that's just the window dressing. Pull back the curtains and the black, seething mass of hatred is plain to see if you would only look.
So here's a Pro Tip, Bruce: Don't go to restaurants, and if you do go then sit indoors if the smoke bothers you. Also, thank you for letting me know you're a hateful slimy dirtbag of a human being, which is me being kind here. Smokers are people too. I would say smokers are better people than you could ever be, because we aren't out to demonise people for their lifestyles.
And, oh, Bruce...? You might want to pick yourself up one of these if you're going to carry on with your campaign of hate, and it has the added benefit of protecting you from second-hand smoke, dickhead.
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H/T: J Johnson
