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In article <4ilq34$j0l@main.freenet.hamilton.on.ca>,
af329@freenet.hamilton.on.ca (Scott Nudds) wrote:

> John McCarthy (jmc@Steam.stanford.edu) wrote:
> : My opinion is that the danger from
> : self-righteousness is larger than the danger from smoking, but there
> : is also a simple desire to speak what I see as the truth about a
> : psychological characteristic of a part of the anti-smoking movement.
> 
>   What metric do you use to measure the danger of "self-righteousness" Mr 
> McCarthy?  I would like to see the numbers you used to evaluate the inequity.

And what "metric" do you use for your opinions, Mr. Nudds? Do you quantify
all your opinions. I shall save your posting. I think I will enjoy
revisiting it when you get on one of your rants.

> 
>   A number that I remember hearing today is that about 23,000 people die 
> yearly in the U.S. as a result of smoking.  Please provide the number of 
> people you estimate die in the U.S. due to "self-righteousness" along 
> with the methods you used to abtain your numbers.

Death is not the only possible consequence of behavior. You are remarkably
unobservant.

> 
> 
> : The persecution of not allowing any restaurants in Palo Alto to allow
> : smoking.
> 
>   Language abuse seems to be one of your specialties Mr McCarthy.  The 
> term "persecution" is not appropriately attributed to protecting 
> someone's health.  Please provide us with the logic behind your 
> misapplication of the term.

You should certainly be an expert at spotting it, Mr. Nudds. You are
well-known for being an arrogant asshole.

> 
> 
> : You could require such a restaurant to display a sign with a warning on it.
> 
>   And you could force Jews to wear a star of David.  Persecution?

Christ, I knew we'd get the Nazis in this discussion somehow. Not
surprised it's from you, Nudds. Where else would you get content?

> 
>   I await your numbers Mr. McCarthy, but I suspect that as always, you 
> don't have the numbers, are therefore incapable of doing the arithmetic 
> and are typically talking nonsense.

While we await Mr. McCarthy's numbers, why not post your numbers? I'm sure
you have them at your fingertips. After all, I think you are the person in
rec.environment who called a simple quotient the "mathematics". God.

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