Bates turns the discussion - What are the risks of banning, over-regulating & lying?

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#7. "Protecting the children. There is almost universal consensus, including almost the entire e-cigarettes and tobacco industry, that under-18s (let’s call them adolescents rather than children) should not have access to e-cigarettes"

^^^^ this ^^^^ grabs my goat more than anything else. The "children" deserve the right to not be political pawns. They are nothing but pawns. We're seeing it down at the border today, we seeit in the anti-smoking/nicotine/THR campaign every day, and we see it every time the talk of war comes up. The politicians and lobbyists have absolutely zero morals IMO. They rally their causes then send the children in to do their bidding, killing, lying, cheating, propaganda. The kids don't realize they're only pawns. They're filled with promises of a bright new future, comraderie, patriotism, honor....
The children they send to war, are considered too young to use THR.
Save the Children my ......
Look at these faces. These young men are returning from the Vietnam war without a clue of the political agendas that are awaiting them. Homelessness, jobless, spit on, harassed, ... Towns are including smoking bans as a way to rid the towns of the homeless, our beautiful souls who fought for OUR freedom. Many are dying, waiting for Vet care.
They're just kids!
If I hear one more ANTZ pleading for bans, in order to "save the cheeeldren"......

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I agree with you, but for a different reason: I started smoking when I was 13 yrs old. According to ANTZ dogma, anyone who started smoking at that age would be unable to get any form of THR for 5 yrs -- which is quite long enough to establish a firm smoking habit. They will object "but 13 yr olds can't buy cigarettes!" BS! They can and will FIND A WAY TO GET THEM. And given that smoking is even more dangerous for growing, developing bodies than it is for adults, they should actually have GREATER access, not be banned from getting any form of THR!

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I agree with you, but for a different reason: I started smoking when I was 13 yrs old. According to ANTZ dogma, anyone who started smoking at that age would be unable to get any form of THR for 5 yrs -- which is quite long enough to establish a firm smoking habit. They will object "but 13 yr olds can't buy cigarettes!" BS! They can and will FIND A WAY TO GET THEM. And given that smoking is even more dangerous for growing, developing bodies than it is for adults, they should actually have GREATER access, not be banned from getting any form of THR!

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I totally agree with you and have voiced the same principles in the past. It's just wrong. Forbidding THR to anyone is wrong. Besides, Clive covered that valid point beautifully, nothing I could add there.
 
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