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Young People Unaware That Smoking Causes Blindness
Earth Times ^
| 2/6/2007
| Ravi Chopra and Grant Junkie
Posted on 02/18/2007 9:18:47 AM PST by Eric Blair 2084
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To: Eric Blair 2084
So, does smoking cause blindness?
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posted on
02/18/2007 11:12:59 AM PST
by
Jedi Master Pikachu
( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
To: SoldierMedic
So what is it about smoking that causes blindness?
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posted on
02/18/2007 11:13:57 AM PST
by
Jedi Master Pikachu
( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
To: Eric Blair 2084
Smoking causes everything, including global warming.
I used an unlit cigarette yesterday to clear the fat people out of the candy aisle at the grocery store.
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posted on
02/18/2007 11:25:58 AM PST
by
elkfersupper
(Science bounces off the courthouse wall like virtue off a whorehouse.)
To: gonzo; Eric Blair 2084; Alter Kaker
Eric, I thought transvestites got their picture on a carton of 1/2 and 1/2?Now that's funny.
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posted on
02/18/2007 12:47:26 PM PST
by
metesky
("Brethren, leave us go amongst them." Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton - Ward Bond- The Searchers)
To: Jedi Master Pikachu
There is a sense of absolutism about the question "Does smoking cause blindness" (or cancer, or anything else) that is disingenuous. The real answer is, no it does not, but yes, it can. The clear cause & effect has eluded scientists, so the fanatics compensate with hubris and out~&~out lies.
In the case of my father, he recently discovered that, at age 83, the blood vessels in his eyes have become so damaged from years of smoking, that the ends of them are literally frayed. They now hemorrhage with increasing frequency, and that is driving him blind.
Clear cause & effect, in the eyes of the smoke nazi's. Enough to force by legislation denial of my father to continue the indulgence of his personal choice.
Given that fact, he is encouraged to quit smoking by his doctors, and he declines. As long as he understands and accepts the responsibility for the consequences of his actions (or in this case inactions) I support his decision.
His life - his choice.
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posted on
02/18/2007 1:23:38 PM PST
by
rockrr
(Never argue with a man who buys ammo in bulk...)
To: Eric Blair 2084
My mother (86 and smoking daily) would enjoy this among her daily reads.
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posted on
02/18/2007 1:48:13 PM PST
by
jimt
To: SamAdams76
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posted on
02/18/2007 7:01:50 PM PST
by
Eric Blair 2084
(Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shouldn't be a federal agency...it should be a convenience store.)
To: gonzo
Eric, I thought transvestites got their picture on a carton of 1/2 and 1/2?Good one. If anyone here knows how to photoshop this picture:
To this half and half carton:
Go to work.
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posted on
02/18/2007 7:08:59 PM PST
by
Eric Blair 2084
(Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shouldn't be a federal agency...it should be a convenience store.)
To: Eric Blair 2084
uh huh, so does masterbation, or so the "scare the kids into not doing what you don't want them to do" crowd. This makes about as much sense as that used to.
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posted on
02/18/2007 8:07:53 PM PST
by
gidget7
(2Th 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:)
To: Eric Blair 2084
Exactly right! Kids I know hear all the indoctrination in school, and in that, they get that homosexual sex is healthy and natural. Then they hear smoking causes everything imaginable, as well as second hand smoke. These kids see the irony and the hypocrisy, and find it ridiculous. Consequently, anytime a study comes out, they don't believe it. And yes, some smoke because they don't believe those claims either.
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posted on
02/18/2007 8:12:38 PM PST
by
gidget7
(2Th 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:)
To: Eric Blair 2084
So, can I do it 'til I need glasses?
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posted on
02/19/2007 7:46:03 AM PST
by
NaughtiusMaximus
((Tagline under construction.) Watch this space.)
To: Eric Blair 2084
If smoking causes cancer, what does, er... masturbation do?
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