[sakic]

Your original post was:

Sad. But we already knew that she wasn't too bright

This pretty clearly infers that one who smokes is not bright. Therefore it is you that is either the dim one in this dialogue or you're backtracking because you were busted.

[Amore]

This pretty clearly infers that one who smokes is not bright.

What a coincidence! I always think that people who don't know the difference between "infer" and "imply" are not too bright.

[FourPeas]

Indeed that was my original post.

The title of this thread id "Sarah Brady has lung cancer and remains addicted to cigarettes". That's sad -- both having lung cancer and being addicted to cigarettes (or anything else for that matter).

The article states:

NBC News is reporting that Sarah Brady has lung cancer because of her addiction to cigarettes.

I ignored this. She obviously doesn't have lung cancer because of her addiction. The cause of her lung cancer may be cigarette smoking; it may not. Although it's quite likely, I've never heard anyone definitely state that anyone lung cancer has been caused by smoking. Saying it's caused by someone's addiction is silly.

She earlier switched to low tar cigarettes on the theory they would be "healthier" but got lung cancer anyway

She's obviously not too bright. Anyone who believes cigarettes are in any respect "healthy" is not too bright.

Hmmmmm, nope. It seems pretty straight-forward to me.

FP

[Registered]

I know who the man is, however your apparent lemming-like approach to every word that proceedeth out of his mouth draws a shadow on your ability to defend what you said earlier. I just checked and Nat's article apparently hasn't been posted yet in the FR forum. Why don't you post it and let's start discussing the specifics of what Nat's concerns are with the USA PATRIOT Act. Of course, the brunt of his analysis came with the assistance of the beloved ACLU, so this could be a fun exercise.

In my mind your little link to his article in no way justifies the idiotic statement you made at the start of this thread. I'm not immune to making the same type of stupid statement you did, but at least when I make them I apologize and move on.