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| Authored by: Gringo_ on Wednesday, November 28 2012 @ 11:20 AM EST |
Kessler ruled in that case in 2006 that the
nation's largest
cigarette makers concealed the
dangers of smoking for
decades.
They didn't do a very good job of concealing
the
dangers of smoking, when every fool and his dog knew
intuitively that
smoking is deleterious to your health.
Making tobacco companies
responsible for people's own
foolish behaviour takes the responsibility off the
shoulders
of the individual. It is like labeling alcoholism "a
disease".
"Oh - I picked up this disease from somewhere, and
it is
making a mess of my life. Too bad it is something I
have no control over. After
all, it is a disease. Drinking
is not something I choose to do
voluntarily."
I view this campaign waged against tobacco companies as
similar to the being "politically correct".
btw: I don't mean to
belittle the struggle many wage against
alcoholism, or suggest they are somehow
undeserving of our
sympathy. Life is a struggle for many, for an infinite range
of difficulties. Their's is a hard lot to bear, but in the
end, there is no
cure but to quit drinking, however
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, November 28 2012 @ 05:34 PM EST |
Effectively they appear to have two choices on appeal:
1) Admit that they lied, and argue that the punishment is too severe
2) Admit that they are incompetent fools, and that they didn't understand
what they re saying
Curiously many of the Tabacco defenders are also Global Warming
deniers, and Taxation Libertarians, so this could have impacts far beyond
Tobacco.
Wayne
http://madhatter.ca
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, November 28 2012 @ 05:48 PM EST |
This means that someone lighting up in California is harming someone in Florida,
because after all, no level, no matter if it's unmeasurably diluted is safe.
Every breath you take contains atoms that have passed by every conceivable type
of pollution, sometime in their history.
This is just as stupid as any other 'zero tolerance' policy.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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