There are rumours about Obama doing a smoke a day (doubt it's true) but would you mind if a leader in your school, country etc...

I would mind because they have to set a good example for people who they are leaders to.

This should probably go in the debate room.

I think they should be free to do whatever they want, as long as they don't break any laws. Humans don't always have to be sheep and follow each other; we should have the intellect to make decisions for ourselves rather than copying everyone else.

If it should be in the debate room can a mod move it please.

Are people really stupid enough to not think for themselves and require someone of a higher rank to show them what to do?

I don't care if a leader is gay, autistic, smoking, whatever. There are lines but yeah.

It's a free country. Unless it's illegal, who cares? Who is really going to look at a success like Obama and think, man, he got to that position by smoking.

Anyone who is that ignorant is going to end up smoking anyways.

I'm worried about all the steroid users in baseball.

Smoking is not immoral. They have lives to live and countries to rule, they don't need to be bothered with the pathetic mewling of sheep.

im pretty sure they'll out law it in my country

They're not going to outlaw smoking for years. It's not even on the horizon.

Well they seem to ban everything else.

I LIKE SMOKE

Thats great!

Not really, it'll kill me lol.

I don't mind other people smoking, much less leaders doing so. My head of state smokes? Good for him. It's not as if he'll impose to everyone to smoke as much as him. Freaking out because 'they should set an example' is just another way to say "thinking is hard".

Such as? Besides that, it's not as if governments are only on the lookout to ban everything everywhere.

I'm sorry -- but how does "smoking" have any effect on one's decision-making and/or leadership ability?

I would imagine the debate against it would be that the world leader would become a poor role model.

I have nothing against a world leader doing any activity that it legal, although if it's something like smoking it would be advisable to do it in private.

They banned cold medicine, party pills, fun, they currently want to ban energy drinks to people under 16. They want to ban all of stuff that dosen't matter.

Well it's not like it's banned to everyone.

Obama smokes?

whoopy-freaking-doo

It's not like he's smoking pot or illegal stuff (waiting for any one who opposes Obama to say he is smoking pot ).
Smoking may not be the best for your health

But it's not immoral
It's not illegal
The guy is ruling a huge nation, I'm surprised he's smoking only one smoke a day!

C'mon, it's not like he's cheating his wife.
Stuff like that would NEVER happens

It's also not like he died having sex with a hooker in his office....

The point is, Clinton's 'crime' was not having sex in the Oral Office. It was lying about it.

(Trivia: George Bush refurnished the whole Office when elected President. I WONDER WHY)

Whether or not the person smokes has nothing to do with their ability to fulfil their duties (in most cases).



Right on.

but what if they went on withdrawal.

HAha i know not related to the topic but had to give the needed respect.

Obama doesn't help old ladies across the street.

Do we really need this kind of person setting an example for our young people?

Fact: nicotine withdrawal does not turn people into raging killing machines.

Fixed quote sir

I disagree.

When my friend tried to quit smoking, the holes-in-wall-from-punches rate went up 40%. D:

Obviously, you haven't SEEN me whenever I try to quit smoking ...

Our leaders should be denied personal liberties then, because that sets a great example?

you don't know any smokers, do you?

Clinton smoked marijuana, but didn't inhale.

My dad went off it and they get angry if they cant have there smokes.

That doesn't mean that a leader that quit smoking will declare war on another country just because he can't have his cigarettes. Besides that, if you three have example of people going RAAAAAAAAAAAAGE over smoking, I have example of people being shimmering Zen diamonds of tranquility...

But there is no proof that they wont.

There's also no proof that I won't get hit by a meteorite if I got out of my house, but that's hardly any reason to not go outside. That's paranoia to the highest degree, and a smoking leader ought to be one of your lowest priorities to worry about instead of your neighbour constantly spying on you or the town mayor conspiring to have you hanged in the main square!

Not to mention the fact that no democratic country is an autocracy: leaders have staffs, they don't do anything alone.

If you're so worried about withdrawal, he'll just get a patch.