Posted on 11/21/2010 8:22:09 AM PST by Mobile Vulgus
The government's newest great idea to save us all from ourselves is to put billboard sized photos of cancer victims on packs of cigarettes. Big pictures of guys with holes in their necks, lungs blackened, maybe even the occasional really yellow teeth, or perhaps the severely calloused thumb of a smoker who was constantly flicking his Bic will assault our eyes when we go to buy our smokes.
Whatever.
But does anyone really care about people that have damaged themselves for smoking? Not really. In fact, the logical reaction is to shrug one's shoulders in a too-bad-for-you-pal way and move on with your life. The fact is, no one cares if you got cancer from smoking. It is not only your problem but it's your fault.
Let's face it, people. There isn't a soul in this country that is so stupid that they are wholly unaware of anti-smoking claims that smoking can give you debilitating, death-dealing diseases. No one. Everyone is fully familiar with the evidence.
If you got fat from overeating and have heart, BP, diabetes, kidney or any other disease, that’s your problem too.
If you get AIDS... yada yada
Sorry, there are many on FR that deny the link between smoking and disease.
Liberalism is all about people control. It kills them to not be able whip you into line.
The crime here is that smokers have been robbed for decades with taxation and they will be denied medical attention if the gov can link it to the smoking.
Aids? heck, the government will subsidize that behavior, Insurance company’s are all to happy to cover same sex partners.
Diabetes? There is no Ding dong or twinkie tax.
Ive been warning all the pro tobacco tax chuckleheads.
Yeah, well, old age is a disease.We are all gonna die someday of something, some by accident,assault,disease or old age.Old age can be a horrible experience for some people not to mention the burden it can put on others. So, eat,drink smoke and chase wild women,don’t worry, be happy.
Hey, you forgot to post about half the text.
Why redirect traffic to your blog to read it?
Why not just post it here?
It’s not THAT bad.
BTW, whose shift is it right now?It is sunday, you are gettinmg double time from GS right?What other bennefits does he provide?
I'm still racking up "points" for the hookers & crack party in January.
Mr. Huston,
Have you ever posted an article from anywhere other than your own blog? Is there nothing else out there that interests you? Promoting your own enterprise seems to be your only interest in membership here.
Oh they believe it, sure enough.Thay are just choosing a life style for the limited time they are here.We come into this world by someone elses direction, we are told we can not leave when we want,then we are told we have to live a certain way while we are here.Maybe when we are born we should be tattood with a political affiliation also.
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No one cares? The anti-smoking nazis almost delight when a smoker gets cancer.
Indeed. They imposed massive taxes on cigarettes under the premise that it was necessary to pay for the health-care costs associated with smoking. If you get a smoking related illness after having paid the taxes, they say "We spent your money on something else. Go die, already."
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