IQ potato made in Cyprus

So I reading my daily newspaper today when I came across an article describing the arguments of one of the Parliament members of why smoking should again be permitted inside public venues with dedicated smoking areas. These are his main arguments: (in red my comments)

1) A lot of women when going to a restaurant or bar have to go out in the street to smoke and there, they receive ridiculous and derogatory comments from people who pass by.

This probably qualifies for the stupidest argument I have ever heard in my life from a person who is not only educated but supposedly represents Cypriots in the Parliament. So what is the next step? Should we make separate beaches for women in case some men comment on them while at the beach? What if they comment on them while in the bar? Should we close down the bars? There is this Cypriot expression "αλλού μας τρώει τζε αλλού κνιθόμαστε" directly translated to "we are scratching where it is not itchy" meaning that the problem is maybe in our culture and not in smoking regulations.

2) This is a systematic social exclusion of smokers

Ok my friend. I am going to return your argument. If smoking was allowed wouldn't that qualify as systematic social exclusion of non-smokers? About 90% of establishments have outside areas where smokers can enjoy their cigarette. Why do non-smokers have to suffer too? Why were you not so concerned about social exclusion when you were making statements about homosexuality?

3) In the winter in villages in Cyprus, temperatures are very low and old men are forced to go outside in the cold to smoke their cigarettes.

NO fucking comment. Somebody must have ran out of arguments to present this as an argument!

Sometimes I wonder at what levels stupidity should reach before taking some measures against it. I am reminding that we are talking about the same person who has made disgraceful comments about homosexuality causing anger and disappointment among Cypriots and the European Community.

This is a person who does not accept gay people but at the same time talks about social exclusion of smokers. How, really how could he have been elected?

A couple of messages

I told myself that I will never say "I miss school".

But as you can see from the trend in this blog, after I graduated, my posts have become less and less frequent. I attribute this to three reasons:

1) I do not have as much free time as I had when I was at school. Or in other words, when I have free time now, I'd rather do something else

2) I don't feel like giving an update every now and then because most people know what I am up to.

3) I don't get any ideas on what to write. Actually I do get a lot of ideas but the fact that I decided that my blog will not be anonymous prevents me from writing things that I would like to write.

So I thought about closing down this blog. You know, deleting it, not having to think about it, not feeling guilty that I do not update it.

But I decided against it. It is going to stay where it is and I will only use it when I feel I need to write something. When I want to express my feelings. When I am angry.

Closing down here is my message of the day:

"You all assholes that are too lazy to walk 20m and park on the handicap parking spaces, just think (that is if your brain has anything in it) that maybe, I am just saying maybe one day you will be the ones needing those spaces"

And if you do not know who I am talking about... just drive around the airport and in the Mall of Cyprus and you will see what I am talking about.

At Athens airport

Two Cypriot ladies are sitting at Gate 7 of the Eleftherios Venizelos Airport in Athens waiting for the flight back to Cyprus.

Sitting right next to them I couldn't help but hear about their childhood, about their work, their shoes, their origins, their daughters, the gossip about their neighbors, how they spent their time in Athens, their knowledge about flights, their complaining about their purses and anything else you can imagine.

After 5 minutes their husbands, get up from their chairs and start wandering in the gate. The dialogue that follows:

Lady1: "Ouff, my husband can't sit in one place. He has to go somewhere all the time"

Lady2: "I know, my husband does the same. He has to be doing something all the time. It makes me mad. They can't sit for 5 minutes"

HELLO LADIES. Have you ever thought that your husbands are just trying to get away from your non-stop talking??????