Smoke ban, simply counterproductive. My reasoned argument.

[Social Bondage]

The Streisand Effect.

Wishing to promote a "healthier Gaia" is well and all...

...albeit the average Gaian believes it to be thinly veiled, diminutive bull s**t, the ultimate reality is that you have constructed a scenerio which has introduced SUBSTANTIAL amounts of smoking paraphinilia into the Gaian body, far, far beyond that of their sale, in the form of protestors.

Look around, you Gaia, look in your forums. Cigs, cigars, smokers, on almost every avatar you overlook. The backlash of your actions are bringing them out in full force, and by such, they are exponentially more visible than before.

You've actually proliferated the exposure of tobacco. You've made cigarettes "epic," something to be covetted by the have nots. You've ******** made tobacco coveted and desired.

The consequence of your actions have rendered your goals unachievable.

You have made the greatest mistake of your tenure.

Change it, and be redeemed.

[Rayinte]

lol! Streisand Effect, anyone?

[The Virgin Melly]

Love your argument.

[Coute Coquette]

Makes perfect sense, and I agree with you fully.

[Dragon_Fire1995]

Seriously. I'm wearing a cig and a kiseru now. Normally I wouldn't. But gaia crossed the line with this, so now I'm going keep them ********' on.

[Social Bondage]

Rayinte

lol! Streisand Effect, anyone?

This term is new to me.

I thank you for the exposure.

[Z OMG]

Wit beyond measure...

It's so true.
*e-cuddles you*

... because Death Eaters do it better.

[Social Bondage]

Dragon_Fire1995

Seriously. I'm wearing a cig and a kiseru now. Normally I wouldn't. But gaia crossed the line with this, so now I'm going keep them ********' on.

My avatar was a sorcerer beforehand.

Now he leaves the magic to the sweet, sweet tobaccy.

[Coffy]

Remember when the US banned alcohol in the 20's & 30's? Good times.

[Social Bondage]

Coffy

Remember when the US banned alcohol in the 20's & 30's? Good times.

Sweet speak-easies, Batman!

[Vile Kross]

MY FULL LENGTH SAYING TO THIS:
Complete bullshit.

Okay. Listen to this.

Gaia gets one angry soccer mum pissing and whining for a lawsuit over a bunch of pixels. Gaia gets scared [when they have millions of dollars to fight back if said soccer mom gets the balls to go up against a large corporation because of her child's stupidity to smoking on THEIR own accord [ Not Because Gaia brainwashed them to.] So Gaia soulbounds items people have PAID for out of their own pixel/real pockets and expects not to get s**t off of it just because it's a tobacco "Pixel" product. They could easily change the names of the items to fakes so it wouldn't be AS BAD. So then, another soccer mom comes in, sees her pixel daughter sporting only three little pale white stars that only cover THREE LITTLE PARTs. So said soccer mom bitches and rages at Gaia, threatening with a lawsuit. So Gaia goes to hell and back with crazy soulbinding power, making every GOOD item that they've ever made impossible to sell back [therefore, poor people of gaia, not only have we lost gold from our little smokies, we've just lost gold off of our sexiness? surprised Genius? No. Idiotic? I believe so.] Next thing we know, Gaia has made pg-13 Gaia into rated E for everyone because we're all in ******** sweater vests and dress skirts. Because of one ******** mum on a rampage.
Guess Soccer mom doesn't care if her daughter/son is the next porn star getting STDs or wasting their money on gambling and living out on the streets because they were too busy sueing about a tiny bit of pixels.

smile

If you want to have us sell back our smokes, how about a million a piece, pop? I ain't selling my smokes to you unless you got some green. Bl

-Has put on almost Every tobacco related item she has-
Bl

[Yen Quest]

Coffy

Remember when the US banned alcohol in the 20's & 30's? Good times.

Good times. -huffs n puffs-

[Rayinte]

Social Bondage

Rayinte

lol! Streisand Effect, anyone?

This term is new to me.

I thank you for the exposure.

I figured it's incredibly apt.

[dreaminwriter]

I whole-heartedly agree.

[Coute Coquette]

Almost everybody in this thread has a smoke related item equipped.