Evan!
Well-Known Member
Cheese, who are you talking to? As I said, I don't smoke, so I don't know who you're talking to when you say "your type".
If we want to get into the discussion of socialized medicine (medicare/caid), well, then...that's a reeeeeally slippery slope. Okay, you want to prohibit people from smoking because it's unhealthy and the taxpayers might have to pay for their resultant medical treatment. Fine. But shouldn't you also be forced to stop drinking (which can damage the liver and lead to real health problems), and shouldn't we outlaw fatty, greasy, high-cholesterol food, while at the same time forcing people to go to the gym? After all, heart disease is the #1 killer in this country. So if we're going to defend smoking bans by bringing up socialized medicine, then I gotta ask: do you support a Big Mac ban too? Do you support forced calisthenics, Mao-style? Because all of those things would make people healthier and less dependent on socialized medicine. Yes, smoking kills, but so do a whole score of other things...we gonna outlaw 'em all?
If we want to get into the discussion of socialized medicine (medicare/caid), well, then...that's a reeeeeally slippery slope. Okay, you want to prohibit people from smoking because it's unhealthy and the taxpayers might have to pay for their resultant medical treatment. Fine. But shouldn't you also be forced to stop drinking (which can damage the liver and lead to real health problems), and shouldn't we outlaw fatty, greasy, high-cholesterol food, while at the same time forcing people to go to the gym? After all, heart disease is the #1 killer in this country. So if we're going to defend smoking bans by bringing up socialized medicine, then I gotta ask: do you support a Big Mac ban too? Do you support forced calisthenics, Mao-style? Because all of those things would make people healthier and less dependent on socialized medicine. Yes, smoking kills, but so do a whole score of other things...we gonna outlaw 'em all?