As a never-smoker, who personally despises cigarette smoke and all of the things it does, I am nonetheless absolutely appalled that the military is even considering this breach of basic human liberty. Ok, scratch that, I’m still appalled, but on grounds of utility rather than principle. Are the quasi-conscripted enlisted to be spared nothing? Look for mass mutiny if this is ever enacted.
Of course, I am preemptively invoking Godwin’s Law by pointing out that both the motivation and the apparent receptivity of senior military brass for banning the vile weed from America’s sainted Imperial legions echo another old soldier’s logical enthusiasm for banning tobacco.
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The missus relayed a CNN report that a study commissioned by the Pentagon has recommended the military ban the use of tobacco entirely.
As a never-smoker, who personally despises cigarette smoke and all of the things it does, I am nonetheless absolutely appalled that the military is even considering this breach of basic human liberty. Ok, scratch that, I’m still appalled, but on grounds of utility rather than principle. Are the quasi-conscripted enlisted to be spared nothing? Look for mass mutiny if this is ever enacted.
Of course, I am preemptively invoking Godwin’s Law by pointing out that both the motivation and the apparent receptivity of senior military brass for banning the vile weed from America’s sainted Imperial legions echo another old soldier’s logical enthusiasm for banning tobacco.