Former smoker attacks smoking guests (w/a bat)

[The Straight Story]

Former smoker attacks smoking guests


KITCHENER

Call it quitter's rage. A 21-year-old Kitchener man who had recently quit smoking didn't want the offending weed anywhere near him last summer.

So when Brian Roth had a party on Aug. 12, he asked guests to go to a parking lot near his home if they wanted to smoke. He asked them not to light up across the street from his house. That was too close.

Four guests wouldn't follow his wishes, however. Just after midnight, the three men and one woman walked across the street and stood by a car, smoking.

Roth, who had been drinking, grabbed a wooden baseball bat and confronted them. He brandished the bat and then jabbed one of the men with it.

http://news.therecord.com/News/Local/article/276896

[Rex]

1. Guess he needed a smoke, bad.

[SeattleGirl]

2. Overreact much, Mr. Roth?

:eyes:

[Xipe Totec]

3. Where there's smoke, there's a raging fire?

Man, I'm glad I got past nicotine withdrawal without killing somebody.

Thank God nicotine is not addictive...

[HereSince1628]

4. Poking ain't nearly as bad as swinging.

Clearly the assailant didn't intend injury. There must be a defense in there somewhere. :sarcasm:

[Vanje]

5. Nicotene withdrawal can make you a little cranky . nt

[Pastiche423]

7. That wasn't the kind of withdrawal that made him cranky

This wonderful non-smoker "lost his standing" in the Jehovah's Witnesses church as a result of breaching a probation order not to drink.

Earlier, police saw him urinating in front of a restaurant on University Avenue in Waterloo. He had bloodshot eyes.

[LoZoccolo]

6. Well then I guess we should just let people smoke in front of everybody! n/t

[seabeyond]

8. god forbid you should SEE someone smoke. llordy

[AlCzervik]

9. someone was jonesing big time.

[Blue-Jay]

10. I find it hard to believe that a former smoker act like an asshole

to people who still smoke.

(Call me crazy....)

[MrSlayer]

11. The three guys should have taken the bat and shoved it up his ass.

What a fucking dickhead.

[EvilAL]

12. Sounds like fun.

You are cordially invited to my party.
Food and drink anywhere on premises.
Smokers must remain off of my property and out of sight at all times while engaging in smoking.
A shower may be required if cigarette smoke can be smelled on your person. If you smoke you should bring a change of clothes and a toothbrush/paste or a pack of Excel Inferno.

I'm there.

[ShaneGR]

13. So he throws a party, and expects smokers to not smoke, even across the street

In a way, I feel for him. I'm a smoker, and it's one hell of an addiction to overcome. But across the street? How about outside?

On a side note, I'd love to see some threads on how cigarette tax dollars are spent in different municipalities. For example, the city of Cleveland built 3 sports stadium/arenas and renovated a 100 block 4 lane street with "sin" cigarette taxing. Honestly, if people are going to complain about smoking, take them off the shelves.