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Article #38472Re: The Blameless Society -> Tobacco / Drugs
From: Chris Delanoy
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 15:23
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 15:23
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Doug Craigen <dcc@escape.ca> wrote in message
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> > If you suck three packs of cigarette smoke into your lungs
> > each day for 40 years and die of lung cancer, the tobacco
> > company is to blame.
> They're not to blame for people choosing to smoke, just for
> denying the medical facts.
There have been documented warnings about the ill effects of smoking dating
back as far as 1604. The notion that people were somehow duped into
believing that they weren't unhealthy, regardless of what tobacco companies
were saying, is so beyond ludicrous that it even defies description.
Chris Delanoy
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"The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual
rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities."
- Ayn Rand
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