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were you physicly harmed when i rode by you??



YEAH, as a matter of fact!!! Not YOUR pipes, 'cause of course, YOU live on the other side of this big ol' country, but YEAH, I've had occasion where I've been riding behind some open piped bike, and YEAH, it actually HURTS my EARS!!! And so, YEAH, by DEFINITION, it "physically HARMED" me!!! And, THIS is coming from a guy who LOVES motorcycles! BUT, can you imagine how those people out there who don't have this love of motorcycles feel whenever THEY'RE the brunt of this????

No, I guess you can't, huh?! You've made perfectly clear the idea of that you can not put yourself in THEIR shoes in THIS regard.

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i bet you dont want me smoking in my bar either do ya???



I don't care if you do or not....'cause I'm a smoker TOO!!!

BUT, if you do, I'LL betcha in THIS day and age where there's a whole lot less morons like us who continue to ruin our health by doin' this, that your patronage by all the non-smokers out there today would greatly decrease, because most people today can't stand the SMELL of our habit!!!

And being "somewhat" of a "courteous" guy(WHICH, I might add, does NOT make me ANY LESS of a "Freedom-loving"/"Rugged Individualist"), I personally have NO friggin' problem AT ALL with stepping outside to INDULGE my habit and not inflict the odorous AND TOXIC(which by DEFINITION means HARMFUL) habit upon those who don't smoke...and especially in a closed environment!

Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)