>
> Lisa & Ian Murray wrote:
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> >Again, slippery slope to the capitalist argument..Call
> Robert Hale
> >
> >
> >Is it forbidden to forbid?
>
> When it comes to regulating personal behavior, I'd say yes. I'm sure
> I could come up with an exception if pushed, but as a general rule,
> it'
>
> Michael Perelman wrote:
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> >Doug, have you ever met a teenager that thought about future consequnces?
> >I did not think that way, nor did anyone that I knew.
>
> So social policy should be designed in what certain enlightened
> adults believe to be the better interest of teenagers?
>
> Doug
Lisa & Ian Murray wrote:
>Again, slippery slope to the capitalist argument..Call Robert Hale
>
>
>Is it forbidden to forbid?
When it comes to regulating personal behavior, I'd say yes. I'm sure
I could come up with an exception if pushed, but as a general rule,
it's none of anyone's bu
Doug,
Two points:
a) Young kids may have been told but don't believe
it until it is too late, not to mention all that peer pressure,
etc.
b) Externalities via second-hand smoke are a problem.
I may think it is fine if you smoke yourself to an early
death and remove yourself from the social
>
>
> Eugene Coyle wrote:
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> > This sounds like the tobacco lawyers. Tobacco carries an addictive
> >drug and, separately, kills people. Michael talked about "discouraging"
> >not banning.
>
> Who are you, or Michael, to decide whether people should smoke? Or
> eat fatty food? Or drin
Doug, have you ever met a teenager that thought about future consequnces?
I did not think that way, nor did anyone that I knew.
On Tue, Nov 21, 2000 at 04:34:57PM -0500, Doug Henwood wrote:
> Eugene Coyle wrote:
>
> > This sounds like the tobacco lawyers. Tobacco carries an addictive
> >dr
