VoyForums
[ Show ]
Support VoyForums
[ Shrink ]
VoyForums Announcement: Programming and providing support for this service has been a labor of love since 1997. We are one of the few services online who values our users' privacy, and have never sold your information. We have even fought hard to defend your privacy in legal cases; however, we've done it with almost no financial support -- paying out of pocket to continue providing the service. Due to the issues imposed on us by advertisers, we also stopped hosting most ads on the forums many years ago. We hope you appreciate our efforts.

Show your support by donating any amount. (Note: We are still technically a for-profit company, so your contribution is not tax-deductible.) PayPal Acct: Feedback:

Donate to VoyForums (PayPal):

[ Login ] [ Contact Forum Admin ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time | Archives: [1], 2, 3, 4 ]

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Date Posted: 10:28:52 08/22/03 Fri
Author: Dave Gilson
Subject: Addendum
In reply to: Phil 's message, "Liberal bollocks!" on 05:14:38 08/22/03 Fri

Along the lines of whether we allow equal rights for the volunatarily addicted among us, it is also worth pointing out the cost to the NHS because of long term smoking, and how pushing this addiction further and further out of society will eventually cut that cost.

If I was being cynical I would mention about the government dragging their heels on the matter because of the nice tax revenue they make from it, which continues to be sustained into the future thanks to all the silly-16 (or younger) year olds that still take up the habbit.

On the other hand, which driver would you rather be in a car with: the one who is under the influence of tobacco, the one under the influence of alcohol, or the one under the influence of cocaine? (For the basis of the argument, let us suppose that all the drivers have absorbed their poison of choice before getting behind the wheel, thus their hands are free to (try to) control the car :-)).

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Replies:

[ Contact Forum Admin ]

Forum timezone: GMT+0
VF Version: 3.00b, ConfDB:
Before posting please read our privacy policy.
VoyForums(tm) is a Free Service from Voyager Info-Systems.
Copyright © 1998-2019 Voyager Info-Systems. All Rights Reserved.