Those are not remotely the same. A web page can function without JS. It's not something you need to display some text and some images. And it's not harmful to others. Smoking in a closed space is.

Also, I can't believe every time this refrain pops up we need to be reminded that js not loading is not only a problem for those deactivating it explicitly but also in those cases when it didn't load for any number of reasons (like a bad connection). You're doing your visitors a disservice if you need js to load static text and pictures.