Posted on 10/06/2002 7:48:41 AM PDT by SheLion
Edited on 07/14/2004 12:59:06 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Most people cringe at the sight of a pregnant woman smoking. Some people feel strongly enough to say something in protest. But one local man took matters into his own hands early Friday when, according to police, he shot an expectant mother who refused to put out her cigarette.
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No kidding.
But this murder is about cigarettes.
The old room-temperature-IQ argument...
You have the right to own a space shuttle too, but I doubt that your zoning laws would allow you to keep it parked at the curb.
What a moronic argument.
This wasn't a murder. Mother and baby are going to be fine.
What he said, he he he he
If the story is true, then it might be happenstance or perhaps the event was caused by another person.
In anycase, if I were smoking, when reports that smoking causes harm to the fetus, and this happened to me, I'd take it as a strong hint that just maybe the smoking position might not be so perfect.
Experience is a great teacher. After 4 years here, I've noticed that those with the shortest time here, say the most disruptive things.
There's a reason they call them 'Arms'. The intent of personal firearms, are those that can be handled by an individual. No one expects the right to own a team operated or vehicle mounted weapon.
As a veteran of the Nuclear Artillary, I have no expectation of owning and operating my own 155mm howitzer.
Your argument is old and has been tried before. From limits on nuclear weapons to howitzers, the gun grabbers have made an easy transition to assault weapons and ugly guns. Now California is banning .50 caliber small arms, although one has never been used in a CA crime.
Aren't your friends missing you at DU? I'm sure they would appreciate your lame arguments.
NO, the pro-gun lobby, AS ALWAYS, is more concerned with people following the law. What part of Texas do you live in, Austin, Dallas or inside the loop in Houston?
I should have made myself clearer.
I was talking about the 13-year old boy who was stomped to death.
(an act of God, not an act of ivy)
I forgot to bring popcorn. I'll split the cost if you don't mind sharing.
Read post #91... I could repeat it, but...
Don't ever let facts get in the way of your neuroses.
Mull on this too: why did 9 of the 10 longest-lived people of record still smoke at age 100?
It seems to have been a combination of both.
Was the strange man intent on harming the women?
We may never know.
Was the anger the man displayed towards the women uunjustified when you take into consideration the fact the smoking while pregnant contributes to birth defects, low birth rate, down syndrome, etc...
This is a loaded question on your part. The anger of the man toward this woman was without a doubt misdirected.
As to your assertions about smoking and its contribution various birth defects - the jury remains out on all of that. I've heard some crazy assertions of what maternal tobacco smoking does to the unborn child, but Down's Syndrome is NOT one of them.
Who will pick up the tab when this women delivers an unhealthy baby because she exercised her right to smoke, therby poisoning and injuring her unborn baby?
How do you know this child will be unhealthy? I smoked through my pregnancy and my 4 year old is as healthy as a race horse. And she is far smarter than some of her contemporaries. Please do not make generalizations based upon personal prejudices.
I have no problems with people smoking if that's what they want to do, but when it hurts somebody else, there has to be a trade off.
The only person hurt here was the pregnant woman who happens to be a smoker.
It's one thing to berate someone and qujite another to pull out a handgun and start busting caps.
What right does some stranger have to berate another adult engaged in a perfectly legal activity?
Your implications are clear.
Were you denied membership or something?
Making up facts makes you sound like a complete clown.
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