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Re: March against crime - Joan Torr's Army Against Crime

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From: Ned Latham
Date: Fri, 05 Nov 1999 00:00

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Scott Hillard <shillard@ozemail.com.au> wrote:

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> > > Bollocks, the individual who CHOOSES to take the drug, who CHOOSES to
> > > light the cigarette, is the only one to bear responsibility.
>
> > Yes and no.
>
> No "Yes and no" about it.  It's a clear-cut YES.

I disagree with that one, Scott.

It's not that long since tobacco was socially acceptable, and its addictive
nature was not widely known. Those who took up smoking in those days did *not*
have an informed choice: more accurately, they were misinformed.

And having become a junky, one doesn't have the same choices as others.

Ned

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From: nenosed@apex.met.au (Ned Latham)
Subject: Re: March against crime - Joan Torr's Army Against Crime
Date: 1999/11/05
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