>I think we need to get out of the business of protecting people from their >own stupidity. >
>Here's a great way to save money. If you are on Medicare or Medicaid and >you are being treated for illnesses secondary to smoking...tough shit. Ge >beg the tobacco industry for help with your bills. > >When I was a medic, I cannot tell you how many medicare patients I took care >of who had emphysema who still smoked (and how many of them suffered facial >burns because they smoked while still having the oxygen cannula in their >nose). > BTW here's an interesting poster on the eugenics program of the 1930's in germany http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/12/EnthanasiePropaganda.jpg Here's a translation of the text: "This person suffering from hereditary defects costs the community 60,000 Reichsmark during his lifetime. Fellow German, that is your money, too." What's the difference between what you advocate and what they were advocating? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:287496 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
