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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:21 PM Original message |
45% of Americans Support Making Cigarettes Illegal |
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Rick Myers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. Only if they publicly execute all cigarette co. executives!!! |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 03:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
85. I've got some rope. |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
2. you cannot be fucking serious |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 03:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
78. Think about the pharmaceutical company profits on 'the patch' |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. Make an addictive poison illegal? No way! |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. i smoke, and i'd be all for making cigs illegal. |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. Me too. |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. cool, let's make alcohol illegal too! |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:31 PM Response to Reply #20 |
31. i don't drink, so alcohol isn't a problem for me |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:33 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. I see, it doesn't effect you, so you don't care |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:35 PM Response to Reply #37 |
44. sure i care...but like i said, i don't have an alcohol addiction. |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:36 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Agree completely. |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:49 PM Original message |
You mean like all those morphine addicts... |
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warrens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 02:31 PM Response to Reply #31 |
149. So, when a drunk driver kills your entire family |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:31 PM Response to Reply #20 |
32. I don't drink. |
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L A Woman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 07:08 PM Response to Reply #20 |
115. that would probably prolong my life... |
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kysrsoze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 05:24 PM Response to Reply #15 |
101. Me three. I'm SICK of it. It's poison and extremely difficult to stop |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 10:29 PM Response to Reply #101 |
121. Yeah - like we go to bars for our health. |
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kysrsoze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 09:36 AM Response to Reply #121 |
125. You might want to learn to spell "asinine" before you use it |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:29 PM Original message |
And then what would you do? |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
26. I don't purchase illegal drugs, because they are illegal. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:48 PM Response to Reply #26 |
66. Good for you, but obviously prohibition doesn't work for others. |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
27. probably have to quit...if i can't get 'em at the 7-11 |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:34 PM Response to Reply #27 |
41. And if you have problems quitting, as addicts often do? |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:37 PM Response to Reply #41 |
52. i know what prohibition means...and i know how many times i've tried to quit |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:45 PM Response to Reply #52 |
60. Eh, you'd go into the corner store, to the back...where there's a phone booth! |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:46 PM Original message |
like i never thought of the patch, or lozenges, or acupuncture, or |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
67. Well, sheeee-it, just tryin' to be helpful |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:50 PM Response to Reply #67 |
72. i'm just saying that, for me, it would be a hell of a lot easier if the damn |
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William Bloode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 12:54 PM Response to Reply #72 |
139. But they would not vanish. |
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Tyrone Slothrop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:52 PM Response to Reply #52 |
74. If they outlaw cigs, you'll know plenty of drug dealers |
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pnb (959 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 07:01 PM Response to Reply #74 |
113. And even if he/she doesn't... |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 03:28 PM Response to Reply #52 |
84. cafe lattes will be next |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:37 PM Response to Reply #27 |
50. But not to worry! There'll be that guy outside the 7-11 |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:38 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. hell, they don't have to make them illegal...tax 'em up to $15...that'll work |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:42 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. Taxing them up to over $7 has already resulted in black market cigs in NYC |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:51 PM Response to Reply #58 |
73. Well, in NH you can buy cartons for under thirty bucks, so I could see |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
25. Good for you... |
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RC Quake (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:47 PM Response to Reply #25 |
65. And replace it with what? |
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ShaneGR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 11:38 AM Response to Reply #4 |
132. Taxes, more taxes, farming |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
5. Any Democrats going to support cigarette prohibition? |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
6. Sure. |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
7. Then only outlaws will have cigarettes |
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bluerum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
8. At least phrohibit exposing others to smoke. nt |
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misternormal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. I think we're already working on that.... n/t |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
9. How fucking stupid. |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. my thoughts exactly |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
11. Wow. What a breathtakingly stupid idea. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
12. I loved this quote that is too long to fit on the subject line: |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
33. None of those people believe that drug prohibition works, either |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
13. Yeah, fuck freedom we don't need it anyway. |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:27 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. America! Fuck yeah! |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:27 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Will we have police raids on the upstairs girls' lavatory? |
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misternormal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
14. Another fucking smoking thread???? n/t |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. You can ignore threads, or you can complain about them. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. It's not a smoking thread, it's a prohibition thread! |
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misternormal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. My bad... To hell with prohibition... It doesn't work... n/t |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:37 PM Response to Reply #22 |
49. They just raised it in NJ to 19. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:33 PM Response to Reply #14 |
35. They crop up like a zit before the prom, don't they? NT |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
19. I think that, among all the avoidable health concerns this world has, |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
23. Do it and kill the economies of KY and VA. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
24. Have you ever seen a Jonesing smoker |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
29. Hey, good idea! I mean... |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
30. They've forgotten how prohibition went so soon? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
34. Outlaw sugar and fat too |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
36. I smoke like a fish and drink like a chimney... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:41 PM Response to Reply #36 |
57. I'd say the "small government" GOP would have a shitfit! |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
38. Here's an interesting list from U of Texas at Houston... |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:43 PM Response to Reply #38 |
59. That's a list worthy of its own thread. |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
39. Oh, yeah... |
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m_welby (508 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
40. Considering how much tax revenue comes from cigs |
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jus_the_facts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 10:25 PM Response to Reply #40 |
119. Indeed...the taxes smokers pay....usually not recognized as beneficial.... |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
42. Great! Let's create even more criminals out of regular people! |
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mongo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
43. "Based on history and current policies, we know that prohibition often leads to devastating conseque |
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Bad Penny (392 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
45. how long before Aspartame is made illegal? |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
47. Sounds like a very bad idea |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
48. Why not require them to be subject to standard safety laws? |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:40 PM Response to Reply #48 |
55. You have to be joking |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 12:50 PM Response to Reply #55 |
138. Does cabbage kill half a million people a year? |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 02:49 PM Response to Reply #138 |
156. Does cabbage figure heavily in the diets |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:46 PM Response to Reply #48 |
63. Um...do you realize how much poison is in our foods? |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 12:54 PM Response to Reply #63 |
140. Not the same thing at all. |
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querelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 03:06 PM Response to Reply #48 |
76. Huh? |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 12:50 PM Response to Reply #76 |
137. Don't try to bullshit me. |
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populistdriven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
51. legalize all plants! free the herbs! |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
54. Simply amazing |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:41 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. no kidding |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:46 PM Response to Reply #54 |
62. Bingo! NT |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 02:39 PM Response to Reply #54 |
151. "Land of the Free, Home of the Brave" |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
61. What, they don't think organized crime is rich enough? |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
64. Anyone who thinks this is a good idea is a fucking idiot. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:50 PM Response to Reply #64 |
71. I hate smoking, I hate cigerette smoke and I have to agree with you |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 03:18 PM Response to Reply #64 |
79. ... or a pharmaceutical company profiteer. (Consider: 'The Patch') |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
68. Why is tobacco legal when other "addictive" plants are not? |
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catnhatnh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
69. More simply.... |
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William Bloode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 01:05 PM Response to Reply #69 |
141. Can i have what your smoking? |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
70. I'm a smoker and I wish they would |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
75. Sure, as soon as they criminalize candy bars, soda, and potato chips. |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
77. Two words: |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 03:21 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. Exactly. Tax addiction dwarfs tobacco addiction. However ... |
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Irreverend IX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 02:26 PM Response to Reply #80 |
147. Yeah, but the tobacco lobby is almost as powerful. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 03:54 PM Response to Reply #77 |
86. Seriously, if the dumbass government actually had 2 brain cells combined |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 04:20 PM Response to Reply #86 |
89. Won't happen |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
81. That would work like prohibition did. |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
82. keep America free! |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
83. So much for decriminalizing/relaxing laws prohibiting marijuana use, |
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Tikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
87. I started smoking in my teens because of.... |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
88. Great lets fill our prisons with cigarette smokers too |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
90. Well, at least it would be consistent. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
91. Just out of curiousity, how many here think a cigarette ban is silly.... |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 04:24 PM Response to Reply #91 |
92. I don't want to ban either. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 04:34 PM Response to Reply #92 |
93. I only fire guns in designated gun-shooting areas. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 04:43 PM Response to Reply #93 |
94. Seems to me most of the debate isn't around whether smoking should be legal |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 04:51 PM Response to Reply #94 |
96. The truth is I could stop shooting tomorrow. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
95. That worked so well during prohibition when liquor was banned. |
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piedmont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
97. great! Since we're doing such a terrific job in the war on drugs.... |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
98. PROHIBITION DOES NOT WORK!!! |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
99. BFD. 60% of those polled were DRUNK when asked the question. |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 05:30 PM Response to Reply #99 |
102. LOL! Or just pleasantly maintaining on Paxil. n/t |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
100. Cost in Canada $35/carton, here $100/carton |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 01:17 PM Response to Reply #100 |
143. Hey! Cool! |
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flaminbats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 01:38 PM Response to Reply #143 |
144. poverty is almost twice the level in the USA.. |
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citizen snips (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
103. I don't smoke |
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flaminbats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
104. a combination of three groups of people... |
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Ani Yun Wiya (639 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
105. Simply amazing... |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
106. and what % of americans voted for bush? |
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StraightDope (716 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
107. And what do we do with that inveterate smoker who refuses to quit? |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
108. 45 percent of americans retarded? |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
109. LOL |
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Blackthorn (675 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
110. **NEWSFLASH** - 55% of people DON'T want to make smokes illegal. |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
111. So anyone caught with a rolling machine will go to jail? Or will smoking |
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Fuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
112. Oh please help save me from myself!!! |
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flaminbats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 07:05 PM Response to Reply #112 |
114. I agree..smokers should pay a price |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 09:49 AM Response to Reply #114 |
127. So tax all unhealthful products then |
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flaminbats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 12:40 PM Response to Reply #127 |
134. never fear... |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 02:40 PM Response to Reply #134 |
152. I just don't understand why particular products |
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flaminbats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 03:15 PM Response to Reply #152 |
158. most people don't get addicted to french fries |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 03:21 PM Response to Reply #158 |
159. I don't know--junk food is pretty addictive. |
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flaminbats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 03:47 PM Response to Reply #159 |
164. I think cigarettes should be legal.. |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 04:00 PM Response to Reply #164 |
165. None of the above. |
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flaminbats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 04:24 PM Response to Reply #165 |
167. when have I demonized smokers? |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 04:32 PM Response to Reply #167 |
168. Cigarette taxes mostly affect the poor, |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 03:27 PM Response to Reply #114 |
163. Some diabetics may do it to themselves |
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flaminbats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 04:08 PM Response to Reply #163 |
166. go with what? |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 05:13 PM Response to Reply #166 |
170. Smoking doesn't CAUSE all the deaths attributed to it |
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flaminbats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 05:41 PM Response to Reply #170 |
171. why are you a Democrat? |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 05:56 PM Response to Reply #171 |
172. Excuse me? |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
116. We have to ban guns first. |
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L A Woman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
117. Regardless of the opinion of those people, I doubt it will happen |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
118. Prohibition doesn't work. Never has, never will. |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
120. I guess a cigarette would be as hard to find as a gram of cocaine |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 09:39 AM Response to Reply #120 |
126. Yeah, I'll have to send a text message to get my cigs. |
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In_The_Wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
122. Like ~ our police officers don't already have enough to keep 'em busy. |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
123. 100% of WilliamPitts don't give a shit |
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jus_the_facts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 11:02 AM Response to Reply #123 |
128. "All Your Marlboro's Are Belong To Us!" |
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radfringe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
124. LET'S just bring back prohibition on booze |
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ileus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
129. It'd be nice... |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
130. 45% believe in making them illegally... |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
131. A bunch of idiots think evolution is fake. |
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transeo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
133. Because that's been so effective with pot? |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
135. Ya know, I don't smoke, |
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William Bloode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
136. It'll never fuckin' work! |
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Bassic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 01:41 PM Response to Reply #136 |
146. And that's why my answer is also dumb. |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 02:46 PM Response to Reply #136 |
155. Precisely correct. Furthermore, the reason other dugs continue |
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SouthernBelle82 (879 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
142. Oh good grief |
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Bassic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
145. If they made em illegal, then I wouldn't have such a hard time quitting. |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
148. Yeah, prohibition is SOOOO effective. nt |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
150. Authoritarianism rears its ugly head once again. |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
153. I can't stand smoking |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
154. This nonsmoker does not want to go there |
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Conan_The_Barbarian (404 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
157. PLEASE MAKE THEM ILLEGAL! |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
160. 46% think pot should be legal, according to Zogby. n/t |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
161. This is a load of hogwash |
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madmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
162. The more that is illegal or immoral... |
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Keepontruking (145 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
169. People People People |
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