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To: Don Simmons
A very intelligent observation.

I was wondering why I didn't receive any backlash from you before this.

Well, brainwashed by the highly paid anti-smoking coalitions out there with your views on smoking and the smoker.  It just kills me the way the general non-smoking public takes their word as the gospel.

285 posted on 08/16/2004 5:54:28 AM PDT by SheLion (The terrorist are here.......living among us. It's too late to close the borders.)
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To: SheLion

As I originally posted, I base my stand on personal experience, having lost my grandfather to lung cancer because of his years of smoking. I am really gonna hate seeing my grandmother on the respirator after her 55-year marriage to him. She never smoked a cigarette a day of her life -- well, at least she never put one in her mouth and lit up.

She still smoked nonetheless....she just didn't know it.

I'm also gonna lose a dear friend pretty soon -- again to lung cancer from years of cigarette smoking. She's already on assisted breathing.

Go ahead and waste your breath on me and tell me I'm brainwashed.....while you still have the breath to waste.

Friend, I don't wish any harm on anyone. But if you don't believe smoking kills the smoker -- and those exposed to their smoke for long periods -- you are only fooling yourself.

I wish you health.


292 posted on 08/16/2004 8:34:28 AM PDT by Don Simmons (The Land of Freedom: Freedom to do as you please and take down others with you.)
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