-Caveat Lector-
In a message dated 10/11/99 5:32:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
> On 11 Oct 99, at 15:16, Stopforth, Jamie wrote:
>
> > -Caveat Lector-
> >
> > Good, get rid of the smokers.
> >
>
>
> We'd be better off to get rid of the busybodies and bigots who want
> to control what people do on their own time to their own bodies.
>
> The difference between your statement and that of good German
> citizens who said "Good, get rid of the Jews" is only one of degree.
>
> "Every reform is only a mask under cover of which
> a more terrible reform, which dares not name
> itself, advances." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
>
Indeed, it is the supreme control mechanism which states what one can do with
ones own self. This, of course includes behavior that is damaging to
oneself, and maybe even fatal. I don't recommend putting a gun to your head
and pulling the trigger, BUT if that is what you want to do, and in the
process you don't hurt anyone else or cause damage to other peoples property,
then it is your right to do it, IMO. The analogies presented in the article
are entirely accurate where they state where this is about to go, no red
meat, no dangerous sex, no coffee, you MUST exercise a certain amount of time
each day, no cookies, no driving, etc. It is one more example of ridiculous
thinking, and should be cause for concern even for those adamantly opposed to
smoking, since in the end they WILL be affected by much the same thing,
whether they realize it now or not.
not.
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