Sunday, April 5, 2009

Smoking rule #3 for Japan

Over at blog, Japan Probe, I was reading about Japan Railways in Tokyo banning smoking on the platforms. Again, I'm a smoker and am tired of fellow smokers who are inconsiderate.

Japanese people are very tolerant. But everyone has a breaking point. Inconsiderate smokers gave rise to the smoking Nazis in the west. It will happen here as well. It is scary. Intolerance breeds more intolerance. Chill out, have a smoke - just think about others. Don't give people valid reasons to hate us.

Rule#1 Don't smoke in the car with your kids. It does not matter if the window is down
Rule#2 Smoke at the park but not beside my kid and don't leave your cig. butt.
New Rule
Rule#3 Don't smoke in areas used for public transportation. If you need, use the designated smoking areas but try and get your fix somewhere else.

http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=8027