Hive? Thank you, Captain Obnoxious, for that little gem. How nice of you.
I don't know of any other people who've brought it up, nor do I care to. It's interesting because it's true. The first reply in this thread made me think of it because the Nazi analogy was brought up to immediately appeal to people's fear. That is, the Nazis did it, so it must be wrong. Or, in other words, the Nazis were against smoking, so smoking must be a genuine all-American treasured freedom that the government can't take away from us. Hell, I even hear the original settlers came here to smoke freely.
There are two strawmen in this thread. The first was brought up in the first reply, and that was an attempt to discredit anti-smoking sentiment by mentioning that the Nazis did it. The second was to attack my credibility because I brought up Godwin's Law, which apparently you disagree with. That's all well and good, but it doesn't change the fact that the use of a Nazi analogy is inappropriate here.
Please grow up and try to debate intelligently ON THE TOPIC AT HAND and not something barely even peripherally associated with it.
The principle involved is that one's body belongs to the State. Once that's accepted by the hive, such as yours, it's a fait accompli that the State is given permission to extinguish all individual liberties for "the greater good."
barely even peripherally associated with it.
It's central to the discussion, despite your shrieking protestations.
It may be inappropriate as far as the government goes. As far as anti-smokers go, the shoe fits quite well on most of them.