The Hazards of Just Plain Living

Is smoking any worse than breathing the air full of pollution? Is it any
worse than working in a factory full of poisonous gasses? Is smoking
any worse than living with neuclear plants nearby?
I am sorry if this offends anyone, but when I die, I want to go out by
doing something I like to do, and by doing something that someone has told me
is bad, disgusting, unlawful, dirty, nasty, and will definately kill me.
But am I not taking a risk every time I cross the street, or get into an automobile,
or work in a factory with hazardous chemicals floating around?
I see no difference.
If we love to dance, should we stop doing this because tomorrow we may lose a leg?
If we work hard in our workplace are we supposed to quit, because I may die from
the pollutants that are given off from the work that I do?
I love to breath fresh, but don't know where to find it anymore. There is none.
Too many have died from lung cancer who have never smoked. Explain to me how this happened. I know that we all have cancerous cells within our bodies, as many other things that can proof deadly, but there are many things that could cause the triggering of them turning into full blown cancer, be it smoking or eating something full of preservatives.
I could go out to a resteraunt for a nice evening out, and die because some dumb*ss didn't wash his hand properly before he prepared my food. Am I supposed to stop going out, for fear I will die from it? I think not.

The bottom line is this..I want to live my life the same way I always have. I don't want to change a thing just because it could kill me. I will continue to get out on the highway, and just take my chance than no one will kill me with their vehicle, while driving irradically with a cell phone on their ear, or drunk as a skunk.
I will cross a street, and take my chance that someone wont come flying around a corner and hit, and kill me.
I will continue to breath the air, fresh or not, and take the chance that the diesel fumes, factory smoke, high power lines, the wonderful ozone, methane, whatever, don't kill me.

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