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i just read on spiegel online an article about britney spears leaving the stage for half an hour during a concert because of too much smoke (despite smoking being prohibited). in the beginning, the article seems to mock on her for this behaviour. i’m not a fan of mrs. spears, and she isn’t exactly an angel with respect to smoking herself, but this really makes me angry. smoky places are not just annoying, but unhealthy, and it far from funny being forced to stand smoke, in particular at concerts, as there is usually no choice of going to a “non smoking version” of the same concert. even worse, smoking is extremely bad for the singer’s voice. (okey, britney seems to do playback, but that’s not the point here.)
its really bad when at concerts which are declared as being smoke-free (mostly by law, it seems that most venue operators or bands don’t have the guts to enforce a smoking ban without being forced so by law – even though there are counterexamples, like die ärzte) someone decides that he can simply ignore this, and starts smoking. usually followed by several others doing the same. i hope that eventually times will come where the smoking bans are (more strictly) enforced, better sooner than later.
this has nothing to do with a lack of tolerance from the non-smoking side. don’t get me wrong: i don’t care (too much) what people do to themselves. but i do care what people do to me. (also see artica’s articles on the general subject.)

comments.

rebhuhn wrote on april 9, 2009 at 23:04:

hi felix,

nice to have you back here :) i fully agree to your words spoken above!

and, to clean up wrong thoughts about what im actually doing: im not doing my phd, i havent written any ‘real’ book (only published my diploma thesis) and am working as an scientific employee where i did my diploma. :D

so, have a nice night!

felix wrote on april 10, 2009 at 03:43:

hi rebhuhn,

its nice to see you again :) i haven’t really been away, but my posting rate dropped down, especially while i was over in europe.

i did knew that the book wasn’t “real”, but i didn’t knew that you weren’t doing a phd. well, i simply didn’t knew what exactly you were/are doing there, except that your diploma is done for some time now :)

cheers and have a nice day,
felix