Number one -- We said we had "never seen" the comment before. We didn't say we had ever "looked for it". Understand the difference? We saw it this time only because it was posted on VT, which we happen to moderate. Hopefully, this clarifies things.Number two -- Sorry, but we're not into figuring out "how to feel guilty", okay? If you are, fine. We have no argument with you. Lay on the guilt with a hock trowel. Bathe in it. Revel. Some guys absolutely thrive on it. In one way it baffles us, in another way "we understand".
Number three -- If it makes you happy to think that we need more pyschiatric help than you, that's wonderful. Rock on dude. We're sick; but you're okay. Roll with it. Consider yourself validated. You read it here first.
Number four -- If a woman on the other side of the world freely volunteers to -- to use your words -- "poison herself" and your brain tells you to feel a sense of guilt over a choice that she made without one chance in a trillion that anything you EVER did, thought, or said played ANY part in her decision, go for it, dude. Knock yourself out. Feel guilty. Anguish with our blessing. Then, if smoking helps you feel less guilt, by all means light up and absolve youself. Do whatever the voices in your head tell you to do -- including demeaning those who have the fetish, but don't happen to smoke.
Just don't mention it here again. You're on record and we understand exactly where you're coming from.
