A reformed Baptist preacher in 19th-century London, Spurgeon gained the nickname The Prince of Preachers for his powerful sermons with wide appeal
And people are wringing their hands over it across the internet: Why? the adults are asking, why has time turned round, why are our children sucking once again on the demons teat, and the answer, unfortunately, is: Why not? This is a generation that was exposed to a rushing stream of increasingly alarming news about ecological destruction and the failures or disinterest of the adults in charge, the generation at the forefront of some of the worlds most traumatic events, appropriately anxious, overburdened with fears of the future, and perfectly within their rights to pick up a fag and say, Fuck it. We, the elders, have handed doom down to our children like a bad watch and, after a brief foray into extreme health (which, lets face it, was deeply unserious, proudly situating such things as green juice at its centre), these kids have succumbed to vice
You mentioned Love Story and the glamorization of the nineties and even something like Mad Men , which is basically half smoking across its entire run
For only your taste and your throat can decide which cigarette tastes best to you...and how it affects your throat
As a professional, I understand the addictive quality of nicotine and the strength of their identification with Jim
