First off, thanks for all the love you guys showed for my first major post. It really gave me a good spot to start venting in a constructive manner ^_^.
Now that I got that out the way I'm going to vent a bit more (cause it can be entertaining right?). I read many articles about ecig bans, what lia....politicians say why vaping is the next big horrible thing since boobs on TV (but blood, gore, and fear mongering is fine). Saying that they need to be taxed as tobacco products, the flavors are too attractive to the kiddies, and the various smear articles in the news saying (might as well be saying anyway) that you might as well put your mouth on the tail pipe of a truck.
Flavor names are attractive to children (cause who wouldn't want to vape cola or cotton candy) therefor the EVIILLLL juice companies must be STOPPED!! The first thing I want to ask is, "(Insert gender here), have you been through a liquor store lately?". In case a few of you don't know (I can't assume everyone drinks on here) there are hundreds of bottles of booze that advertise tasting like cake, cinnamon rolls, and chocolate even. Lets not forget that condoms and lube also have "attractive" flavors, so are the Big Brothers and Big Sisters going to step in and tell the adult novelty companies to cease and desist? Even analogs come in a variety of flavors (who would've thought) but you don't see those disappearing from your local corner store.
The first time I read about taxes proposed on ecigs making them count as a tobacco product made my eyes blood shot in anger. Fellow Vape enthusiast, please show me a bottle of juice that list tobacco as an ingredient, cause I have not seen one yet and google told me they couldn't spot any (I know google isn't a person but hey it's funny). After that to find more coining the term "smoking substitute" saying they should be taxed as much as well. Okay, so, things that get you away from the cancer causing menace that you ban from public and make your healthcare cost rocket, what they are really saying is, "Smoking is bad, but things that get you away from smoking is bad". It's enough to make my brain hurt even more.
Last point: Ecigs are poison to your body. I haven't seen one piece of legitimate research that proved that personal vaporizers could cause anything bad to you (except for dry mouth and vapor tongue am I right?). Essentially they are pulling a ton of BS cards from their panic deck trying to shove the ideology down our throats that nicotine and anything that delivers that is EVVIILLLL! So to eventually ban nicotine products would mean the following would be gone: Cigarettes, Nicotine gum, french fries (yeah, fast food fries have nicotine), fruit (various fruits have it too), etc.
What I'm meandering to is this: If vaping is horrible as you make out smoking to be, you might as well move to ban everything else that's bad. Meaning analogs, fast food, pornography, booze, pot (I know it's only legal in a few states but still counts), prescription drugs, and anything else that gives stressed out people a moment of .......ING peace should all be gone. I know it's crazy, and hopefully a few of those things don't ever get banned. Every time I venture to interwebs to see the news I end up hitting the Stingray till I stop hyperventilating from being upset to the point where I want to throw bricks through senators windows (would get their attention quick though) (DISCLAIMER: Do not vandalize other peoples homes!). In reality, if anything were to happen in Texas, or my home Tennessee, I will be more than happy (and a bit proud) to go to whatever hearing or protest that needs me: a vapor, a cloud chaser, a Constintutionalist to be there to show my support.
Thanks again for the patience for reading a geek venting, however I am going to stand up for the beautiful thing that's vaping and the people that have discovered it's beauty=]
Now that I got that out the way I'm going to vent a bit more (cause it can be entertaining right?). I read many articles about ecig bans, what lia....politicians say why vaping is the next big horrible thing since boobs on TV (but blood, gore, and fear mongering is fine). Saying that they need to be taxed as tobacco products, the flavors are too attractive to the kiddies, and the various smear articles in the news saying (might as well be saying anyway) that you might as well put your mouth on the tail pipe of a truck.
Flavor names are attractive to children (cause who wouldn't want to vape cola or cotton candy) therefor the EVIILLLL juice companies must be STOPPED!! The first thing I want to ask is, "(Insert gender here), have you been through a liquor store lately?". In case a few of you don't know (I can't assume everyone drinks on here) there are hundreds of bottles of booze that advertise tasting like cake, cinnamon rolls, and chocolate even. Lets not forget that condoms and lube also have "attractive" flavors, so are the Big Brothers and Big Sisters going to step in and tell the adult novelty companies to cease and desist? Even analogs come in a variety of flavors (who would've thought) but you don't see those disappearing from your local corner store.
The first time I read about taxes proposed on ecigs making them count as a tobacco product made my eyes blood shot in anger. Fellow Vape enthusiast, please show me a bottle of juice that list tobacco as an ingredient, cause I have not seen one yet and google told me they couldn't spot any (I know google isn't a person but hey it's funny). After that to find more coining the term "smoking substitute" saying they should be taxed as much as well. Okay, so, things that get you away from the cancer causing menace that you ban from public and make your healthcare cost rocket, what they are really saying is, "Smoking is bad, but things that get you away from smoking is bad". It's enough to make my brain hurt even more.
Last point: Ecigs are poison to your body. I haven't seen one piece of legitimate research that proved that personal vaporizers could cause anything bad to you (except for dry mouth and vapor tongue am I right?). Essentially they are pulling a ton of BS cards from their panic deck trying to shove the ideology down our throats that nicotine and anything that delivers that is EVVIILLLL! So to eventually ban nicotine products would mean the following would be gone: Cigarettes, Nicotine gum, french fries (yeah, fast food fries have nicotine), fruit (various fruits have it too), etc.
What I'm meandering to is this: If vaping is horrible as you make out smoking to be, you might as well move to ban everything else that's bad. Meaning analogs, fast food, pornography, booze, pot (I know it's only legal in a few states but still counts), prescription drugs, and anything else that gives stressed out people a moment of .......ING peace should all be gone. I know it's crazy, and hopefully a few of those things don't ever get banned. Every time I venture to interwebs to see the news I end up hitting the Stingray till I stop hyperventilating from being upset to the point where I want to throw bricks through senators windows (would get their attention quick though) (DISCLAIMER: Do not vandalize other peoples homes!). In reality, if anything were to happen in Texas, or my home Tennessee, I will be more than happy (and a bit proud) to go to whatever hearing or protest that needs me: a vapor, a cloud chaser, a Constintutionalist to be there to show my support.
Thanks again for the patience for reading a geek venting, however I am going to stand up for the beautiful thing that's vaping and the people that have discovered it's beauty=]
