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Subject: [Leica] a new one OT alert...
From: sam at osheaven.net (Sam)
Date: Sun Apr 11 14:07:53 2004
References: <000f01c42005$bbfc83b0$7e6b0e44@newukolbqveo9i>

Funny, my doctor told me I'm getting too much quinine from my gin and 
tonics.

Sam S


Jeffery Smith wrote:

>No, I'm a fan of small government. But raising taxes twenty-fold on
>cigarettes only makes smokers both addicted AND poorer. I know there are
>folks who really love to smoke, and banning cigarettes would certainly
>offend them. My older brother says that he would rather be dead than not
>smoke, as did my father (who died of pulmonary fibrosis). I think I
>would have stopped smoking earlier had cigarettes been illegal. Adding
>them to the ranks of illegal would be a drop in the bucket compared to
>the number of medications that cannot be taken without a prescription.
>Like quinine, which now requires a prescription. Why? Are they afraid
>that I will self-cure leg cramps, or self-cure malaria? Or take it just
>because it tastes so good? :-)
>
>Jeffery Smith
>New Orleans, LA
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org
>[mailto:lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Sam
>Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 3:27 PM
>To: Leica Users Group
>Subject: Re: [Leica] a new one OT alert...
>
>And here I was thinking you might be one of those who want every form of
>
>potential harm banned but wail to high heaven about the Patriot Act 
>which was, of course, enacted to protect us all. As you imply, the 
>government knows best.
>
>Sam S
>
>
>Jeffery Smith wrote:
>
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>
>>Now, non-smokers are not the only ones who oppose smoking, so those who
>>favor legislating against smoking include some smokers, who may be VERY
>>self-indulgent jackasses. We cannot assume that all smokers *favor* the
>>addiction. When I was a smoker, I would have welcomed making tobacco
>>illegal, as it would have been too inconvenient and too "verboten" to
>>continue. Between the years of 1968 and 1979, I must have quit smoking
>>100 or more times, and only the last time worked. I smoked for about 15
>>years, and disliked just about everything associated with it. But
>>addictive substances can make even the most God-like moralists like
>>    
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>Rush
>  
>
>>Limbaugh act....in unflattering ways. ;-)
>>
>>Jeffery Smith
>>New Orleans, LA
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>You didn't parse the message the way I intended. The 'self-indulgent, 
>>imposing jackass' I spoke of are those who would legislate smoking.
>>    
>>
>Now,
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>
>>I don't know you and you hide behind a screen name, but allow me to 
>>suggest that if you ingest pornography on the Internet you have one
>>    
>>
>hell
>  
>
>>of a nerve worrying about whether your clothes stink.
>>
>>Sam S
>>
>>
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Replies: Reply from tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant) ([Leica] a new one OT alert... On the lighter side. ;-))
In reply to: Message from jls at runbox.com (Jeffery Smith) ([Leica] a new one OT alert...)