The battle of the smokers vs. the non-smokers. Leading us to wonder if the smokers would live long enough to see who wins the battle of smoking in their local restaurants, bars, and other public places.
I do not know about you, but I hate having the smell of smoke around me. Especially if I am enjoying a nice dinner out.( I would suggest revising)One particular evening that comes to mind is when my parents and I met in Columbus to eat in a favorite restaurant in Easton. We, of course, expected a wait, but that Saturday night was especially longer than usual. The hostess told us it would be about a 30 minute wait. We sat down around the bar waiting for our table when a waitress came up to tell us if we could tolerate sitting among the smokers, we could be seated in 10 minutes rather than 30. The smoking section was definitely not an option. My parents would rather wait 30 minutes and enjoy a smoke-free dinner.
Sadly, I feel that this situation always seems to be the case when I go out to dinner. If you are hungry and in a hurry, be prepared to sit amongst the smoking section.(I would consider revising this sentence) I have also found that many restaurants and bars that have smoking and non-smoking sections are not well-planned out facilities. Sometimes only a wall separates the two groups. I have even been to a restaurant and have had to ask if they seated me in non-smoking because the smell of smoke was so unbelievably strong. When their ventilation systems are poorly setup, it can be difficult to tell the difference between the two sections.
There is nothing worse than coming home from a bar or a club after an evening out and find that your clothes smell disgusting because they have been saturated with the stench of smoke. I just wish that I had a choice of whether or not I came home from the bars or clubs smelling like a dirty ashtray. I am not trying to say that all smokers are bad and should not be allowed into public places, but I do feel that there should be areas for just non-smoking and smoking in bars. Being 21, I find myself going out more and hating the fact that when I get in the car my hair, my clothes, and my purse reek of smoke.
The Vietnam War has become a focal point of the Sixties. Known as the first televised war, American citizens quickly became consumed with every aspect of the war. In a sense, they could not simply “turn off” the war. A Rumor of War by Philip Caputo is a firsthand account of this horrific war that tore our nation apart. Throughout this autobiography, there were several sections that grabbed my attention. I found Caputo’s use of stark comparisons and vivid imagery, particularly captivating in that, those scenes forced me to reflect on my own feelings about the war. These scenes also caused me to look at the Vietnam War from the perspective of a soldier, which is not a perspective I had previously considered. In particular, Caputo’s account of
The Hardships Facing Vietnam War Soldiers in Tim O'Brien’s Going after Cacciato and In the Lake of the Woods
...of the struggle over how the war would be remembered. Blanketed by the discourse of disability, the struggle over the memory of veterans and the country alike would be waged with such obliquity as to surpass even the most veiled operations of Nixon’s minions. While Nixon’s plumbers were wrenching together the Gainesville case against VVAW in the spring of 1972, mental health and news-media professionals were cobbling together the figure of the mentally incapacitated Vietnam veteran. More than any other, this image is the one that would stick in the minds of the American people. The psychologically damaged veteran raised a question that demanded an answer: what happened to our boys that was so traumatic that they were never the same again? As it came to be told, the story of what happened to them had less to do with the war itself than with the war against the war.
In fact, Stone sends the message that the media’s depiction of the Vietnam War was unrealistic, contrary to the real situation that was characterized by constant struggles by US soldiers and later, returning veterans (Hanley, p. 338). The perception and thesis developed by Stone about the Vietnam War is also built by his narration of the experiences and trials of individual participants in the conflict. According to Stone, these individuals suffered directly and indirectly from the war and are thus best placed to give the real picture of the happenings during and after the war.
Tim O’Brien reproduces scenes of his own Vietnam experiences to immerse his audience in the ...
Fighting the Vietnam War dramatically changed the lives of everyone even remotely involved, especially the brave individuals actually fighting amidst the terror. One of the first things concerned when reading these war stories was the detail given in each case. Quotes and other specific pieces of information are given in each occurrence yet these stories were collected in 1981, over ten years following the brutal war. This definitely shows the magnitude of the war’s impact on these servicemen. These men, along with every other individual involved, went through a dramatic experience that will forever haunt their lives. Their minds are filled with scenes of exploding buildings, rape, cold-blooded killing, and bodies that resemble Swiss cheese.
Smoking is an age-old art that many partake in regularly. Smoking is a very expensive habit that can cause long-term problems for only a short-term gain of comfort. The surrounding non-smoking socialites must witness, experience, and live with the smoke day in and day out. According to the American Heart Foundation, 43.3 percent of American men and women indulge in tobacco consumption through smoke. The negative effects of the habit-forming substance crush the positive effects. This is on the borderline of an illegal addicting drug, but publicly allowed. Everyone has a right to smoke, but everyone should respect others as well. In cases I have witnessed in my life, the smoker seems to care less about a non-smoker?s wishes before lighting the cancer stick. I am tired of it and I do not like the fact that surrounding smokers change the course of my life.
No matter how an individual exposed to smoke, it is damaged. The only way we can guide ourselves from contact to secondhand is inside or outside we must forbid any smoking on the property altogether. Splitting smokers to non-smokers into restaurants and public places cannot retain non-smokers from being unprotected from secondhand smoke. Smoke-free areas in restaurants and public places are critical to an individual’s health risk. The key factor is that all public places, workplaces, homes, and vehicles should be smoke-free and protect an individual well-being of Secondhand
After a few stressful hours he finally opened his eyes to the vast devastation that was the Vietnam War. Endless fields of nothingness captured his eyes as the helicopter soared over valleys of the once brave men that were no more. The whole idea of humanity seemed to have ceased to exist in these parts as all these soldiers were so blinded by their refusal to recognise the goodness in a man’s soul. However, Peter couldn’t linger on his thoughts any longer because the descent finally
The steady pound of the soldier’s footsteps echoed in my ears as we dashed to the plane. Not knowing when we will come back, I started the engine. The pulsating engine soon muffled as the plane pulled up into the sky. As we reached the Con Dao District in Vietnam, we heard a strident alarm let out by a nearby lighthouse, and that caught our attention. Without a warning, Vietnamese soldiers burst out from inside the lighthouse and started open firing. The plane started shaking as if it were in a hurricane. Almost immediately, I realized that one of the wings was shot and we were going down. I woke up in a place that I did not recognize at first. Steel bars and people made me realize that we, the survivors had been captured. Looking back at what had happened, I remember that before the radio signals blackened out, my fellow pilot said: “The war has just begun”. At this point, I realized that he had left a short but deep message. My views on the war changed after this, and I lost all the motivation to fight. All I wanted to do was survive, and go back to my beloved
“For most Americans today, the history of the Vietnam War Is like a play that unfolds in ways quite different from the audience's preconceptions. Ticket holders take their seats expecting a drama about American soldiers. But once the curtains go up, there are some surprises--the Vietnamese
This problem, which plagues all Americans, should have action taken on a local scale to help protect the health of the public. The Ames City Council is in the process of debating a city ordanince which whould ban smoking in all public places, with the exception of those designated as "smokng areas". A public place shall be defined by Subsection 142B.1(3) Code of IowaAmes City Council, Current Odrances, http://www.city.ames.ia.us/Whatsnew/smokingban.htm).
“Photographs like the one that made the front page of the most newspapers in the world in 1972- a naked South Vietnamese child just sprayed by american napalm, running down a highway toward the cameras, her arms open, screaming with pain-- probably did more to increase the public revulsion against the war than a hundred hours of televised barbarities”(476)
Limiting smoking in public areas is necessary to prevent exposing others to smoke, however it is not worth restricting the freedom of people who want to smoke. Those that smoke should be free to enjoy the same rights as the rest of the human beings around them. Opponents of this topic would say it is difficult to avoid being exposed to smokers that are in doorways or in a main public area. They are under the impression that even if smokers smoke in a designated area that it still affects them and causes them harm. Their opinion is that it is unfair to expose anyone to this danger and should be banned no matter if it violates the smoker’s freedom to choose.
Have you ever been in your favorite restaurant and just as you are about to take a bite of your favorite dish, your lungs are filled with a cloud of smoke which has drifted to your table from the smoking section just a few feet away? This is a common complaint of many patrons who enjoy dining at restaurants. While it is true that the smoke from cigarettes causes many health problems, is it fair to take away the freedom of Americans who wish to smoke? Even as compromises can be made on this subject, the majority of people stand by their strong opinions on whether smoking should be allowed in restaurants.