Monday, June 2, 2008

Smoking is Beautiful, Part IV


Too often, the narrow, restricted Westside Mind, while under the vague impression that it champions aesthetics, instead neglects timeless beauty. I was reminded of this when I was rolling down Main Street in Santa Monica and caught sight of all those health & yoga freaks at the Earth Cafe. Horrible organic versions of the spandex and crocs. A sort of "tyranny of the mellow" was in the air. In defense, I present CZ Guest, above.

The war against cigarette smoking is a class war. If one peruses the medical (and popular) literature and its characterization of the subjects who smoke, too often they characerize the smoker as sub-human, uneducated, ignorant.

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