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On Thu, 10 Nov 1994, Charles O'Hara wrote: > Hello Judith, > As a smoker also - lung cancer - emphasema(?) - other related diseases from > smoking, in addition to Parkinson's - cannot be all that good. We smokers > CHOOSE to smoke. We choose to allow ourselves a slow, painful death from > smoking related diseases. We choose to fatten the pockets of the tabacco > industry. We choose, by our own example, to encourage our children to > smoke. And, so they do, don't they. Slow down at the next school bus stop > you pass - check out the children smoking. WE choose to smoke. > Whom, of this group, has CHOSEN Parkinson's? > Please, excuse me--- I HAD to respond to this message! > Sharon O'Hara > > > >This is almost too thrilling...to think there may be some GOOD outcome of > >our smoking! > >Judith > > Sharon, Of course you are right. I really was attempting a rather self conscious joke. Alas, my beloved son, aged 32, smokes exactly like his mama, gestures and all. As you may know, I teach. It is now against the law here in Washington to smoke on any school property. That means that I spend my lunch hour parked outside the school fence getting in my quota of vice. I'm sure I do not present a positive picture to students nor to their parents who hunt me out in my car (fondly known as the pool hall) in order to chat with me. I trust you are not too offended by my smoggy attempt at humor. Judith > >