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uh, you do realize there is no reliable evidence...

posted 13 years ago by godfather17
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that second hand smoking exists right? dont you find it odd that the independently run research concludes there is no health risk? that its only the fervent anti tobacco's studies that conclude that is dangerous?

how do you explain this?

lets be honest,

people hide behind this guise of wanting smoking banned because of evidence and logic. yet, this all falls away once you show them the actual evidence that secondhand smoke is not real. if they were really logical, they would see the evidence and change there opinion about wanting to ban smoking. but of course, that never happens...

[–] gabby_bm 13 years ago

No one in power wants to end tobacco use. They just want the justification to raise taxes and increase fines, fees and control.

Tobacco is a perfect delivery system for more government interference.

Used to be a time when there was an ashtray on every coffee table....

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[–] Hancockenstein 13 years ago

so when I inhale, the smoke I exhale is an illusion? does the smoke enter my body, somehow not become smoke anymore but something safe that looks like smoke once it exits? that's some magical sh't

[–] godfather17 13 years ago

how about you read the actual studies instead of spouting ignorant *beep*

[–] Hancockenstein 13 years ago

i don't need to read studies. you just told us that smoke rising from a cigarette or exhaled isn't harmless. common sense debunks that

[–] LouisRenault 13 years ago

I think we all know "evidence and logic" have nothing to do with it at all, godfather17.

Take an example - there are more than 20 flights a day in each direction between New York and London. If 20% of the population smoke, wouldn't it be "reasonable" for 4 of those flights to be smoking? How about just one? Oh no, it's got to be a 100% blanket ban. This is particularly vicious given that a lot of people are very nervous of flying.

No, the anti-smoking maniacs are authoritarian obsessives. There can be no question of a bit of give and take, a bit of live and let live - it's all got to be their way.

[–] canad-ian 13 years ago

The OP is clearly retarded.. best just give him a ball of yarn and a sippy cup and move on to more meaningful conversations.

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