I often think of that old movie about the last days of Hitler. I love the ending. Hitler hated smoking and none of his staff were allowed to smoke around him. At the very end while in the bunker, when some officer comes running out to announce to all the staff that Hitler was dead,, moments pass. Then, one by one, they all light up and start to blowing smoke.
I remember way back when congress hauled the tobacco execs in front of them to testify. When I saw how they were all a bunch of wimps, I knew it would be all down hill from there. If I could have jumped inside their bodies, I would have come into the chambers with an unlit cig. in my mouth and thrown the whole thing back on those sorry treason loving, property grabbing hypocrites. I would have said "yes Mr Senator, tobacco probably will kill you! The warning is right here on the side of the box! Everybody knows it! They've been teaching this in schools for years! Too much beer could kill you too! Wouldn't you agree Mr Senator? You love a fine smoke yourself, isn't this true Mr Senator? And since it is this government that regulates tobacco, we're not growing anything that the government doesn't allow. In fact, you make more money off a pack of cigs than we do! so why are you wasting my time, Mr Senator!
Very well said. I wish you were there instead of the Big Tobacco execs who chose to leave their customers bent over the bathroom sink in exchange for protection from the gangsters in the state AG offices.