New logic: Smokers = animals?

hiake · Oct 22, 2007

Smokers irrational, like animals?

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Smokers are like animals that do not think rationally, a Malaysian hardline Islamist cleric said at the weekend.

Islam discourages the faithful from smoking, just as it bars them from alcohol, said Nik Aziz Nik Mat, spiritual leader of the Parti Islam se-Malaysia, which seeks to turn the country into an Islamic state that punishes thieves by lopping off their hands.

Smokers did not use their brains because they continued to let themselves be addicted to the habit, despite knowing it was bad for their health, the Star newspaper quoted Nik Aziz as saying.

"People who do not want to think are like animals," Nik Aziz told the launch of an anti-smoking campaign in Kota Baru, the capital of Malaysia's northeastern state of Kelantan, which is his party's last remaining bastion.

Nik Aziz, himself a non-smoker, has earlier said smokers would not be included among his party's candidates at Malaysia's next general elections, widely expected to be called as soon as early next year.

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSKLR9878820071022
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I abhor smokers, but I don't think it's reasonable to call them irrational and comparing them to animals... But again, I guess rationality is overrated anyways -tongue2

Knoctur_nal · Oct 22, 2007

talk about hard core fundamentalist ignorance.

chi_man · Oct 23, 2007

some extreme politicians in malaysia hope they won't turn malaysia into one big islamic state...

nyckeion · Oct 23, 2007

animals.........hmmm so sad

New logic: Smokers = animals?

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nyckeion ....Boo....