If I start smoking, drinking and gambling...then my son or even my daughters grow up doing the same things....am I not to blame?
Let's take it a notch higher....if I steal and cheat...and then my children become politicians and do the same....should I not hate myself?
I asked these questions...because last night I saw our dear President in the news, and when asked if he would stop sm
oking, he said, he would not, because it was not against the law and he was not encouraging anyone!
I am an avid supported of the president, not of everything he does, but in general I support him...but this was an idiotic answer from a smart person...an irresponsible response from a responsible person!
He further says that his job is a stressful one and so, as many smokers have claimed, smoking helps them to cope up with the stress....
First of all, there is nothing in the components of cigarettes that can help remove anyone's stress....this belief is all in the mind....and tragically, while their perceived benefits are purely psychological, their known and accepted harmful effects, are physical and ever so real!
But what makes me hate and question his answer is this....when you become the President of a nation, you become the father or the mother of that nation...and you are suppose to set the example, not only to every government employee, not only to every voter, but more importantly, to the youth who look up to you as someone they'd like to imitate and emulate.
If as father, I can control my urges for the sake of my kids.....then the president, whether it is ordered by the law or not, should do the same..for the nation and his horde of followers.
The better answer from him should've been,..."I know it is wrong, I will try to stop it, it's not going to be easy...but I will, because I will show all of you, that if I can stop smoking...then you all can do it."
For every person who may get COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) and eventually die of this disease or lung cancer....for every child who starts the habit of smoking....can our dear president really maintain that he is blameless?
God bless our president! God bless our people!
I am an avid supported of the president, not of everything he does, but in general I support him...but this was an idiotic answer from a smart person...an irresponsible response from a responsible person!
He further says that his job is a stressful one and so, as many smokers have claimed, smoking helps them to cope up with the stress....
First of all, there is nothing in the components of cigarettes that can help remove anyone's stress....this belief is all in the mind....and tragically, while their perceived benefits are purely psychological, their known and accepted harmful effects, are physical and ever so real!
But what makes me hate and question his answer is this....when you become the President of a nation, you become the father or the mother of that nation...and you are suppose to set the example, not only to every government employee, not only to every voter, but more importantly, to the youth who look up to you as someone they'd like to imitate and emulate.
If as father, I can control my urges for the sake of my kids.....then the president, whether it is ordered by the law or not, should do the same..for the nation and his horde of followers.
The better answer from him should've been,..."I know it is wrong, I will try to stop it, it's not going to be easy...but I will, because I will show all of you, that if I can stop smoking...then you all can do it."
For every person who may get COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) and eventually die of this disease or lung cancer....for every child who starts the habit of smoking....can our dear president really maintain that he is blameless?
God bless our president! God bless our people!
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