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Originally posted by Yorick:
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Originally posted by Thorfinn:
Yorick, you can make a very solid case that any loud noises contribute to hearing loss. I defy you to find more than a handful of bars where rock-n-roll is played at low volume. While classical and "elevator" music is often at background levels, I have only been to a handful of bars where the volume was not cranked enough that you had to yell at the guy next to you to be heard, and sometimes not even that worked.
Suffice it to say that I have experienced hearing loss at these establishments, though I actually only went there for a beer and companionship. You rockers and your inability to contain your noise forced a hearing loss on me, and I think it is high time the government threw the lot of you in jail...
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I wear earplugs to any concert to reduce damage to my ears. Those concerned about their hearing, can and do make choices that work. However I cannot wear "smoke filters" to reduce tobacco damage. [/QUOTE]Nonsense. Smokers do. They are called "filtered cigarettes". Just buy yourself a pack of Marlboros, snap off a couple filters and slip one into each nostril.
Actually, the fact you cannot just slip down to the chemists and pick up a set of smoke filters is a pretty good argument that either people don't truly care about second-hand smoke, or that the problem may be overblown in the first place...
[ 05-12-2003, 03:37 PM: Message edited by: Thorfinn ]