On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 21:23:32 GMT, "Joseph Meehan"
wrote:



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Joseph E. Meehan

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"John A. Weeks III" wrote in message
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In article , Gary R. Lloyd
wrote:

The only thing that ****es me off more than being pushed outdoors is
being robbed in the form of tobacco taxes. The TobaccoNazis can all go
straight to hell.

Normally, I'd support ideas of personal freedom like this, but in
the case of cigarettes, when you use them as intended by the cigarette
makers, it kills you and the people that are unfortunate enough to
breath your second-hand smoke. It isn't a personal freedom thing,
rather, it is a public health issue, and a life or death issue at that.

-john-

It also means those smokers are costing me more in health insurance to
support their illnesses. It is only fair they pay some of that back in the
form of tobacco taxes.


Wrong. It is theft and nothing else.

Gary R. Lloyd

"When the boot of government is on your neck,
it doesn't matter if it's left or right"