tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29774939.post6800902156848772397..comments2023-07-20T10:16:46.141-04:00Comments on TheGreenMiles.com: Washington Post's Gift to Tobacco Lobbyist: Free Space, Shielded IdentityTheGreenMileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15774630689123316690noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29774939.post-48957866868539227172007-10-03T18:13:00.000-04:002007-10-03T18:13:00.000-04:00The University of California regents recently made...The University of California regents recently made the decision to continue taking tobacco money for tobacco research.<BR/><BR/>The Pharmaceutical companies also give major grants to universities to study various drugs. <BR/><BR/>Both organizations are profit making companies. <BR/><BR/>Stanton Glanz and Jim Repace have also received tobacco money through prop 99. If one agrees with your supposition then all studies done by Glantz and Repace are tainted because they were funded by tobacco and their institutions are still taking tobacco money.<BR/><BR/>To be fair you must look at the research and make your own judgment as to the validity of the study.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29774939.post-16470825758324856512007-01-30T17:01:00.000-05:002007-01-30T17:01:00.000-05:00Loved "Thank You for Smoking"! The art of arguing...Loved "Thank You for Smoking"! The art of arguing according to Nick Naylor ...<br /><br />Joey: So, what happens when you're wrong?<br />Nick: Well, Joey, I'm never wrong. <br />Joey: But you can't always be right. <br />Nick: Well, if it's your job to be right, then you're never wrong. <br />Joey: But what if you are wrong?. <br />Nick: Okay, let's say that you're defending chocolate and I'm defending vanilla. Now, if I were to say to you "Vanilla's the best flavor ice cream," you'd say ... ? <br />Joey: "No, chocolate is." <br />Nick: Exactly. But you can't win that argument. So, I'll ask you ... so you think chocolate is the end-all and be-all of ice cream, do you? <br />Joey: It's the best ice cream; I wouldn't order any other. <br />Nick: Oh. So it's all chocolate for you, is it? <br />Joey: Yes, chocolate is all I need. <br />Nick: Well, I need more than chocolate. And for that matter, I need more than vanilla. I believe that we need freedom and choice when it comes to our ice cream, and that, Joey Naylor, that is the definition of liberty. <br />Joey: But that's not what we're talking about. <br />Nick: Ah, but that's what I'm talking about. <br />Joey: But ... you didn't prove that vanilla's the best. <br />Nick: I didn't have to. I proved that you're wrong and if you're wrong, I'm right. <br />Joey: But you still didn't convince me. <br />Nick: Because I'm not after you. I'm after them.The Green Mileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03465981178255092017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29774939.post-11228715060378402612007-01-30T16:30:00.000-05:002007-01-30T16:30:00.000-05:00Interesting comments on Gori and on the attack on ...Interesting comments on Gori and on the attack on science. I posted on his argument on my blog--www.thenonsequitur.com--I found the arguments eerily evocative of the film and book "Thank You for Smoking" : push back the goalposts and demand an unreasonable amount of scientific certainty from your adversary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29774939.post-53028864449641282352007-01-30T16:05:00.000-05:002007-01-30T16:05:00.000-05:00I just like his argument about smoking bans being ...I just like his argument about smoking bans being "socially unfair". Why doesn't he then take on the age requirement to drink since I'm sure 20 year olds think it is socially unfair that they can't go to bars? And while he's at it, why should bars be allowed to have Ladies Night and kick out drunk people for having too good of a time. That's my snark on the subject. <br /><br />And way to go Miles for your sleuth work. Second hand smoke is nasty and unhealthy. Period. If my lungs smell as bad as my hair after a night in a smoky bar, it can't be a good thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com