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
drug
Eugene Coyle wrote:
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 drink martinis?
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
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
Michael Perelman wrote:
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
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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
