| Hey Techno,
Ready for the "I Win" analogy supporting the ban of smoking in all public places and businesses? Here it comes:
--------->Some Point in the Past<--------------
Burning Incense Takes the Country by Storm
Two out of three individuals has taken to the fad of burning incense all the time - in their homes, their cars, at work, at the movies. I write this while sipping a beer at a local bar and people all around me are busting out ziploc baggies of incense sticks and cones. From the sensuous musk aroma to the pleasant smell of Michican pine, they light up their scents of choice and bask in the drifting clouds of olfactory delight.
There were a few lawsuits due to the fact that people were starting "mini-fires" in public places. Some annoying complainer got an incense ember flicked in his eye and decided to sue just because he couldn't see anymore. A few other people claimed their clothing was burned by unattended incense sticks. A number of establishments and homes also burned down due to careless individual actions of people burning incense.
---------> Years Later <-----------
The Great Patchouli Debate
Incense supporters are up in arms over a proposed ban on Patchouli incense. They cite their individual right to choose what smells good. The other side claims that patchouli just "stinks." A negative ruling in this manner would be a slippery slope and would deny incense burners their freedoms.
---------->Years Later<-----------
The Incense-Goitre Connection
A major blow was dealt to the incense industry and burners today when a government report showed a correlation between incense burning and the prevalence of goitres.
This study is proving to be a great pain to incense burners, who are already being denied their individual rights by sweeping bans of ALL incense burning on airplanes, public transportation, and governmental buildings.
----------->Years Later<-------------
States Ban Incense Burning in Public. "Incensed" Burners Say the Politicians "Stink"
Lawyers are inundated with new business as the incense industry and burners attempt to reverse unconstitutional laws banning the burning of incense everywhere except individual homes and vehicles. Despite the connection made between incense and goitres, the studies regarding the dangers of "sidestream sniffing," and the ceaseless complaints of the non-incense-burning minority, who have made baseless claims about not wanting to be exposed to incense smoke and have even gone as far as claiming it damages their property, the lawyers and incense supporters feel they have a strong case and expect to have their individual freedoms returned to them by the end of the year.
------------->Minutes Later<-----------------
Frequent Volconvo Poster Technosoul Admits Defeat
Technosoul, an active Volconvo debate site poster, acknowledges defeat when an apt analogy causes him to realize that an individual right to smoke cigarettes in public is no different than an individual right to burn incense in public. |