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To: Chi-townChief

We kill over 40,000 people a year in automobile accidents. Should we ban the use of cars because they endanger the other guy?


4 posted on 02/04/2007 9:37:02 AM PST by RC2
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To: RC2
We kill over 40,000 people a year in automobile accidents. Should we ban the use of cars because they endanger the other guy?

400,000 Americans die every year from smoking, even though only 20% or so of the population smokes (compared with nearly 100% who ride in automobiles).

Additionally, automobiles are a necessary component of the American economy. If Americans didn't ride in automobiles, the economy would collapse. Tobacco is a completely unnecessary component of the American economy. If tomorrow every American quit smoking, the economy would improve.

Sorry, I don't see a comparison between the two.

23 posted on 02/05/2007 11:44:43 AM PST by Alter Kaker ("Whatever tears one sheds, in the end one always blows one's nose." - Heine)
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