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Article #21558Re: analogy contest on Philip Morris ballot initiative
From: Craig Berry
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 1994 20:04
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 1994 20:04
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Jon Krueger (jpk@twilight.com) wrote: : The Philip Morris initiative will be on the ballot this November. : If passed it will pre-empt AB13 and local ordinances passed by : over 300 Calfornia cities, weakening protection from secondhand : smoke across the state. : Not surprisingly, Philip Morris, the bankroller of the initiative, : thinks this is a great idea. : So I'm sponsoring a small contest. Just complete the analogy: : Having the tocacco industry write the rules on : secondhand smoke is like ... : For instance, "having the fox write the rules for the henhouse". : Or "having the crack industry make the rules for gun registration". : Or "having North Korea write the rules on nuclear inspection". "...having Congress write the rules for U.S. citizens." Well, *I* think it's pretty funny... --------------------------------------------------------------------- Craig Berry "Any idiot can have the facts. Having cberry@hollywood.cinenet.net opinions is an art." -Charles McCabe ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 106ed4,2a00178b46b0b547 X-Google-Attributes: gid106ed4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-07-29 09:38:00 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!redstone.interpath.net!ddsw1!panix!news.intercon.com!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!news.isi.edu!hollywood.cinenet.net!hollywood.cinenet.net!not-for-mail From: cberry@hollywood.cinenet.net (Craig Berry) Newsgroups: ca.general Subject: Re: analogy contest on Philip Morris ballot initiative Followup-To: ca.general Date: 28 Jul 1994 13:04:29 -0700 Organization: Cinenet Communications,Internet Access,Santa Monica.(310)-399-4421 Lines: 26 Distribution: ca Message-ID: <31930d$kfg@hollywood.cinenet.net> References: <314h9u$k3u@usblues.twilight.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: hollywood.cinenet.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2]