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**AnthonyKing** · 02-04-2006, 04:23 PM

...."sigh"....So basically you disagree with me comparing smoking to drinking, in my own thread?

I don`t disagree about comparing the harm of the two. Both certainly do cause harm. That is a given we all agree on. But, to say one shouldn`t be regulated or banned simply because the other isn`t is wrong. It bogs things down to link actions on things with a myriad of other things and actions for those.

How many other people here think i was unjustified to do this? No need to seek piling on. Others will chime in when they want.

What do you think about my other example of you doing exactly the same thing but comparing human slavery to animals rights in your animal thread? Would you think i would be wrong in saying that all you were doing is bogging down the verdict of the debate by making "undesciplined" comparisons, because they are separate debates/matters? I think its rather hypocritical of you

. Exploitation is exploitation.

A 10 year old is capable of smoking as well as a 50 year old. A male is as well as a female is. That is parallel comparisons of smoking.
Smoking is smoking.

"Smoking" is not "Drinking."

02-04-2006, 04:23 PM	#21
AnthonyKing Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 574 Senior Member	...."sigh"....So basically you disagree with me comparing smoking to drinking, in my own thread? I don`t disagree about comparing the harm of the two. Both certainly do cause harm. That is a given we all agree on. But, to say one shouldn`t be regulated or banned simply because the other isn`t is wrong. It bogs things down to link actions on things with a myriad of other things and actions for those. How many other people here think i was unjustified to do this? No need to seek piling on. Others will chime in when they want. What do you think about my other example of you doing exactly the same thing but comparing human slavery to animals rights in your animal thread? Would you think i would be wrong in saying that all you were doing is bogging down the verdict of the debate by making "undesciplined" comparisons, because they are separate debates/matters? I think its rather hypocritical of you . Exploitation is exploitation. A 10 year old is capable of smoking as well as a 50 year old. A male is as well as a female is. That is parallel comparisons of smoking. Smoking is smoking. "Smoking" is not "Drinking."
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