Hi Ben !! Great name, sir - IMNSHO <g>.
Even more confusing - you're in Canada (.CA), I'm in California (CA) If you are also an inveterate punster, then we're *really* in trouble!! And re: Bens, let's not forget Uncle Ben (Forta), praise be on his head and his wonderful books !! -Ben > I have to agree with Ben here. There sure are a lot of Ben's here. :) > > Most smokers just don't seem to understand that they're causing my > headaches or other ailments because I'm breathing what they claim is > their right. > > I personally regard most smokers in the same group as potheads because > it's stupid and makes no sense. I would avoid hiring a smoker, and I'm > seeing more and more companies thinking the same way. Smoking in any > restaurants here is prohibited now. Yes! > > Here in Canada (read in a study a couple years ago) it's actually > cheaper for the government if citizens smoke and die early from > cancer/etc. than live longer and use health care resources for age > related ailments. With that in mind, I'm more accepting that people > smoke but if someone wants to smoke around me, prepare to have your > personal space violated. > > And I think Tim Heald has it backwards. If he wants to smoke, he should > stay home and away from the rest of us. > > Also, I don't understand how smokers can defend something they clearly > know is unhealthy, harms others (even if unintentional), waste of money, > etc. I mean come on, get a grip! > > Anybody else feel the same way? Or disagree? :) > > Cheers, > Ben > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 11:43 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Man uses fast food chains because he's fat > > Tim- > > you say "I am a smoker ... It's my body..." > > If you can equate your right to smoke with your right to > eat Big Macs, you're forgetting an important point: > > When you smoke near other people, the side-stream > (second-hand) smoke is being forced on them. > > When you eat, it directly affects only you. > > are you taking responsibility for the effect your > personal decision to smoke has on them? > > I am an asthmatic. If you exercise your personal rights > and smoke around me, what about *my* right to breathe? > > -Ben > > > > I would have to say that maybe it's not all that different than > smoking. > > > > 1. Everyone knows both products are bad for them. > > > > 2. The people who whine about each the most are either hypocrites > (still > > using the product) or they are former users. > > > > I think suing the cigarette manufacturers (especially if you win) is > just as > > stupid as this. > > > > I am a smoker. I know it causes cancer and all sorts of other > problems. > > It's my body and I know I am personally responsible for my actions > where > > smoking (or a big mac) are concerned. How is it that the nation that > was > > founded on the idea that personal rights and responsibilities far out > way > > those of the community, has fallen to such a low. > > > > Bah, makes me sick sometimes just thinking about it. Oh well "Who is > John > > Gault?". > > > > Anyone feel like helping me start a community of people of ability > somewhere > > in the woods. We'll run a couple of T-3s out there and call it a day. > > > > What was it called? Galt's Gulch? > > > > Tim Heald > > Developer > > Schoollink, Inc. > > 910.223.2116 x 122 > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Bill Wheatley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 1:24 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Re: Man uses fast food chains because he's fat > > > > > > > > > ahh not this again!! :) Maybe we'll get lucky and the greedy SOB > > > will have a > > > blocked artery and then he can sue them for his stroke too. > > > > > > WaAAAA I'm fat cause I am addicted to big macs. Get off it dude. > This is > > > completely different then smoking, you have to draw the line of > personal > > > responsibility somewhere. Just like these morons that spill burning > hot > > > coffee on their crotch. AHH how did that happen?? > > > > > > Oh was it the fact you had it between your legs duh moron!. I'm glad > you > > > cant reproduce because you obviously come from a defect genetic line > lol. > > > > > > > > > > > > Bill Wheatley > > > Senior Database Developer > > > Macromedia Certified Advanced Coldfusion Developer > > > EDIETS.COM > > > 954.360.9022 X159 > > > ICQ 417645 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Howie Hamlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 11:57 AM > > > Subject: Man uses fast food chains because he's fat > > > > > > > > > > http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,58652,00.html/ > > > > > > > > NEW YORK - Want a class-action lawsuit with that burger? > > > > > > > > A New York City lawyer has filed suit against the four big > fast-food > > > corporations, saying their fatty foods are > > > > responsible for his client's obesity and related health problems. > > > > > > > > Samuel Hirsch filed his lawsuit Wednesday at a New York state > > > court in the > > > Bronx, alleging that McDonald's, Burger King, > > > > Wendy's and KFC Corporation are irresponsible and deceptive in > > > the posting > > > of their nutritional information, that they > > > > need to offer healthier options on their menus, and that they > > > create a de > > > facto addiction in their consumers, > > > > particularly the poor and children. > > > > > > > > "You don't need nicotine or an illegal drug to create an > > > addiction, you're > > > creating a craving," Hirsch said. "I think > > > > we'll find that the fast-food industry has not been totally up > > > front with > > > the consumers." > > > > The suit does not specify the amount of damages Hirsch and his > > > client are > > > seeking. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
