Monday, January 16, 2006 |
21:55 - Mr. Butts' Opus
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Is it just me, or are those "Truth" anti-smoking ads really getting—not just sanctimonious and condescending, like they always have been, but completely illogical as well?
This latest one features the familiar megaphone guy in the city streets loudly informing people that methane—methane! Like from cow butts!—is found in tobacco smoke. "Maybe the Marlboro Man would feel more comfortable riding... a cow?" he smirkingly asks.
And this proves... what?
I'll bet there's carbon in cigarette smoke too. And you don't wanna know what kinds of places you find carbon.
I'm no fan of smoking. If you'd asked me in high school, or even just a few years ago, how I felt about cigarettes, I'd have cheerfully signed a ban-it-and-cart-'em-all-off-to-camps petition. But: hey, "Truth" people? Your smarmy and transparently cynical attitude has made me just about do an about-face in the interest of preserving one of our dwindling examples of free will and the personal responsibility that comes with it.
At least they segued right into the "Butt Out" episode of South Park, where the kids face the evil Rob Reiner and his anti-smoking terrorist tactics.
"Wow, it's like—smoking gives people just a little bit of joy, and you get to take that away from them! You're so awesome!"
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