On Thursday, 10 January 2013 14:12:56 UTC+1, Mandraktophiles wrote:
> o \/-=UT*> just jacked up the price of cigarettes by one dollar, across
> the board, every brand. They claim that tobacco is so evil that this is
> a justified action.
>
> If they really wanted to exhibit nobility, they would just outlaw them.
I agree. Either fags are deadly filth which ought to be eliminated off the face of the earth, or they're a minor nuisance which can reasonably be controlled by taxation. You can't believe both at the same time. Personally I favour the "Minor Nuisance" approach. Compared with, say, cars, cigarettes are pretty well innocuous.
Ken Johnson