jerjer72 Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 I am posting this topic to express my own feelings and thoughts of the news stories about hookah. If you do not feel this way that is fine. When I say "we" I mean how I think most of us feel..not all of us. If you feel differently that is fine. This is how I feel and how I am expressing my feelings as an individual. Now on to my rant:------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It seems more and more there are news stories against hookah. This angers me. They throw all these facts in our faces about how it is harmful. Then they compare it to cigarettes. Why? Most of us don't care. We are the ones smoking. If we cared to know all these untrue facts would be have started smoking in the first place? Probably not. There are carcininogens in almost everything. Take plastic for instance. There are many ways of getting cancer from plastic. Heating food in plastic, freezing drinks or food in plastic. It all builds up slowly in the body and causes things down the road. Also it builds boobs..even on guys. So do we see stories of plastic being so horrible on news as much as hookah? No way. Do people seem concerned as they do about hookah? No. People just keep using it as if it doesn't matter. I know there are freezer safe and microwave safe plastic things but lots of people don't think to use those and don't even care if they know. Now I am not saying we all don't care how hookah effects us. We just choose to accept it. We know it is not as harmful other things in life. Besides shouldn't we be able to make our own choices? It is our bodies. We should be able to enjoy life once in a while. Even pop can be bad for you. What are they going to do start making us only drink water and eat no junkfood? I just feel it is our lives. We should be able to do what we want without having all this non scientifically studied facts shoved down our throats. I just would like to not have to keep finding out that they think this and they think that... When they finally KNOW something because they have PROVED it, then I will be more understanding. Hookah is a choice. Just as anything as life is a choice. I made the choice to smoke it. We all did. Most of those people who bash the hookah have not even tried it. How can they say things about it if they haven't tried it. If they did try it I bet they would like it and reconsider saying those nasty things they say.. Also they go on saying how underage people use it. Well underage people shouldn't use it but if they do that is their own choice. I started smoking at the age of 12 or 13. I was in grade 7. That was cigarettes. It was my choice. Once again I feel anything you do is your own choice and you should be able to make that own choice. I feel buying it should stay at legal age so you can make that choice with more maturaty. But if you can get your hands on it at younger age that's your problem not the rest of the worlds. As I am saying people shouldnt care so much. And if younger people are ruining the image well then they should stop because it is screwing it up for us people who are of age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yashman19 Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Off topic posts deleted. Lets stay on topic and either contribute, or don't post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_D Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 (edited) I believe that in society people need a common 'evil' to focus on. Smoking is a firm favourite - So are mobile phone base stations another.The whole world is moving toward a combination of 1984/nanny state style culture. Forget the fact that hookah has been smoked for 100's.. maybe 1000's of years. That dosn't matter. the nanny state says it's norty! I personally think that people have forgotten one basic fact. The day we born we are dying. Just about eveyrthing you do from the point of birth will have some baring on death.Including stress and worrying about death! Sweet g-d i love the irony So I try and enjoy my gift of life and balance the good with the bad. Smoking hookah is not the best thing todo, lets face it. But then living a life of only smoking broocli probably won' t help either.JD! Edited March 16, 2007 by yashman19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_D Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 For christ sake yashman! Your too damn fast on the trigger! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yashman19 Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 QUOTE (Johnny_D @ Mar 16 2007, 09:49 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>For christ sake yashman! Your too damn fast on the trigger!Thanks I edited your post since his post is no longer present, no offense intended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_D Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 None taken Feel free to delete this and my other post yash.. to clean up the thread as it were!Cheers,JD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerjer72 Posted March 16, 2007 Author Share Posted March 16, 2007 Thanks for fixing this up and moving the other post where it belongs. You can delete this reply also if you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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