Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Jork, the smoker

Jork is a boy with 20 years. His german name sounds like "York" in English and setting aside his strange accent there is one more thing which surprises people the most. The fact that he smokes since he was 3 years old.

He smokes not only cigars, but all kind of smoke. You name a plant, he smoked it. And he is early on the job, since 3 years old. Right after moving from Germany to Brazil, he started smoking everything from cars' to industries' unfiltered residues.

But let me tell you, he is not happy on the job. For most smokers in Brazil it is alright to smoke, they do not mind. Maybe cigars are the only type of thing people generally dislike. In some countries like China, people wear masks against smoke, in Europe people make protests against it, in Brazil people put fire on things.

This is our boy. Jork, the smoker. Someone tells the society he is tired of smoking.

But how to do this in a widely cultural society? Is there a unity? These are questions, however, for another post.