> no punishment is too harsh, this should be considered the equivalent of lighting up a cigarette on a plane.
Okay this is ridiculous. One is a fire hazard and the other is not. Do you really need the hyperbole here?
The lack of cigarettes on a plane isn't due to the fire hazard.
Are you aware that smoking used to be allowed on planes? We didn't stop allowing it because of a rash of airplane fires either.