Angelus said:
Ok...... 1. Food, healthy or otherwise is a necessity. We all have to eat to survive, but people like different things, and also have varying budgets in terms of the quality of food we can afford. So of course we have free choice in what we eat. Smoking is not a necessity. 2. Food, healthy or otherwise stimulates our taste buds. We eat things that we perceive to taste good. Cigarettes are disgusting. This is a fact. Nobody who picks up a cigarette for the first time perceives it as an enjoyable experience. It is a habit developed purely out of one form of pressure or another. And as for how lazy or physically active a person chooses to be, of course we can't influence that. Are you actually trying to draw a parallel between that and banning harmful substances?
Let me make something clear, if people want to smoke, so be it. Nobody can stop you if you really want to smoke. Likewise, if you live in the US, and really want to buy a gun and shoot yourself, nobody can stop you from doing that either. That's an extreme example, but the point is that when people really have their mind set on something, they will always find a way to do so. Does that mean we should make the harmful choices particularly easy to follow through on? I hope not |
I didn't try smoking until I was 22 because I was straight edge whatever adolecsent label you want to apply. I've smoked probably like a pack or two of ciggarettes my whole life and like 5 cigars. I don't smoke regularly, because it's bad for you. But, I definetly think it tastes good. I may be an abberation, and I think Coffee and Alchohol tastes terrible.
Eating healthy and cheap is easy. Eat cheerios and milk for breakfast. Then cook grilled chicken breasts and rice for dinner or an assortment of other cheap meats, and eat smaller portions (it's always cheaper to eat smaller portions). I know, because I lived 2 or 3 years on 15k a year while going to school. It's not quite black and white as there's probably less of an array of cheap good foods than cheap junk foods especially if you get fast food (which is bad if you're on a low budget).
