Do you feel bad buying cuban cigars since it is against the law

**ggiese** · 07-14-2005, 08:07 AM

Originally Posted by SFG75

Exactly right-I answered the question.

How did you answer this?:

Do you feel bad buying cuban cigars since it is against the law

With this...:

Well, you have to feel a twinge of guilt knowing that a penny or two might just go to pay some guard who is torturing a dissident student or priest. Then again, I'm sure we buy products all the time that on down the line, the money is used to finance bad guys-just our bad guys who do the same kind of things.

It states "YOU have to feel twinge of guilt..." - Which would indicate what you think others should feel based upon YOUR beliefs. I didn't see you saying, "I feel a twinge of guilt everytime I buy a Cuban cigar..." - Nope, you clearly said, "YOU".

You clearly inerjected your politics and personal bias into the thread, WITHOUT answering the question. Do YOU feel bad buying Cuban cigars....

Typical Alfred...

**Ghygly** · 07-23-2005, 07:21 PM

Doesn't bother me a bit. If it did, I wouldn't buy them. As it is, I've only had the pleasure of enjoying a few through the years that I could be sure were the real things. I've had quite a good time trying the federally approved smokes available to me. I don't consider myself an expert by any means, so perhaps I'm really missing out but, I think there are some really good smokes available to us without fear of breaking any of our laws. Truth is, I've found it pretty darn hard to go through a day without breaking some sort of law, (one of the joys of California living, I guess) so my consience has become kind of easy to get along with.

if your consience is going to keep you from enjoying a fine cigar, either find a cigar that your consience appoves of or beat your consience back down where it belongs.

Amanda · 07-23-2005, 08:43 PM

Wow, I didn't see this thread until now. My friend Matt brought me some Cuban cigars last week and my conscience is fully cleared. I boycott a number of products and stores for various reasons, but the embargo against Cuban cigars is motivated entirely by politics and outlived its usefulness about 30 years ago.

**cigarsarge** · 07-23-2005, 09:16 PM

Amanda and I have found common ground.

**grand cru no 2** · 07-24-2005, 05:06 AM

I was not having any feelings of guilt before reading this thread. Now I am fuggin; drowning in it! I guess I'm just going to have to smoke mine faster so I don't have them anymore!

Btw, if anyone else needs help with rapid consumption of their cuban cigars my services are availble free of charge.

Edit to add: I will also feel guilt when I obtain more but I promise to smoke them equally fast in order to keep the guilt to a minimum.