[patton]

I have no idea if you lie, Robert, but the government certainly does.

From another thread, "Second hand smoking killed more people in WI than traffic accidents last year."

From the USSG - "There are no safe levels of exposure to ETS."

From the EPA - "Radon kills more people than..." Heck, even I forget their bold-faced lie.

Since you link to another government lie wasn't clickable, I didn't bother with it.

Have you ever been introduced to the concept of a disembodied statistic? You might want to read up on it.

[robertpaulsen]

"I have no idea if you lie, Robert, but the government certainly does."

Ah. So you have some statistics you trust that show drug use among teens is in the rise? Please share them with the class.

Now, if you have nothing of the sort, then I think I'll just stick with my numbers for the time being. Feel free to refute my statistics any time -- but please don't use "the government lies".

Have you ever been introduced to the concept of cognitive dissonance? You might want to read up on it.