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You are welcome. It puts things in perspective vice the drama created by news flashes. I do not downsize the event, but at the same time I will not promote its dramatisation. I feel for the guy and his family and wish him God speed for his full recovery.
Did I tell you I tossed my cell phone? I no longer feel safe using it
<---- same dramatisation
Did I tell you I tossed my cell phone? I no longer feel safe using it
<---- same dramatisation
That was an excellent program - VTTalk is usually great, but that was an especially good hour. I'd recommend everyone sit down & watch it. Informative, enjoyable, & reassuring. Thanks for sharing this one Switched.
I just posted the link from Drudge. The story will get an awful lot of exposure. I will send Drudge a link to the vid you posted here Switched, but it likely will be ignored. Media wants to talk about bad and salacious things and will ignore anything the explains away the hysteria.
Very unfortunate indeed, and I wish Tom as the best in his recovery !
Frankly, I'm astonished by the comments cropping up everywhere (Google searches) being made by anti's and ignorant's already. Especially considering the lack of 'details' leading up to this mishap, as well as the lack of information regarding the brand of device and the battery.
The other unfortunate is that those of lesser common sense, or specific agenda mentalities, will be all over this report expanding the negative hype as gospel in general to all electronic cigarettes.
As I said, I truly wish Tom all the best, while at the same time holding great hope that people (all people in general), will both use their own common sense with use and educate themselves with ALL aspects of these devices along with the potential they (and everything else in life) hold rather than take 'carte blanche' generalizations that are going to be thrown out there as supposed fact.
Frankly, I'm astonished by the comments cropping up everywhere (Google searches) being made by anti's and ignorant's already. Especially considering the lack of 'details' leading up to this mishap, as well as the lack of information regarding the brand of device and the battery.
The other unfortunate is that those of lesser common sense, or specific agenda mentalities, will be all over this report expanding the negative hype as gospel in general to all electronic cigarettes.
As I said, I truly wish Tom all the best, while at the same time holding great hope that people (all people in general), will both use their own common sense with use and educate themselves with ALL aspects of these devices along with the potential they (and everything else in life) hold rather than take 'carte blanche' generalizations that are going to be thrown out there as supposed fact.
One word Awesome..........gonna watch this regularly Brings it home thanks for the link
Brings it home thanks for the link
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There is other shows around and several networks. I call them sex, drugs and Rock & roll
You are welcome. It puts things in perspective vice the drama created by news flashes. I do not downsize the event, but at the same time I will not promote its dramatisation. I feel for the guy and his family and wish him God speed for his full recovery.
Did I tell you I tossed my cell phone? I no longer feel safe using it
I totally agree this whole thing is being blown way out of proportion. Someone on my Facebook posted a link to an article and said :
"Man tries to quit smoking and it explodes in his mouth. I'll stick to regular cigarettes until i quit."
The ignorance totally blew me away. I had to reply with :
"This is actually just a freak accident. This article in NO WAY represents vaping an E-cig in any sort of way. It's literally just fear mongering so the government can continue to collect cigarette taxes."
I really wanted to get in to it more, but the person was not the brightest crayon so I kept it short and used words they could understand which also speaks to the fact that this accident WILL put off those of lesser intelligence.
Yeah, my brother linked this article on my Facebook page saying to be careful. It's really getting around.
Funny how fear & ignorance go hand in hand.
Smoking is/was an accepted part of of society up to a few years ago. We've all seen the cool rugged guy with a smoke dangling from his mouth. The high class society broad, with her long black, slender & sleek filter, cradling her smoking stick.
Were we all not looking for a piece of that? The Rebel, the Sweet Classy Cool. I think yes!
Turns out that wasn't the healthiest lifestyle to strive for, in the long run anyway. But fun & free, & our own immortal rebel being? Hellz Bellz Yes.
So now we're a bunch of nic addicts......Cool, Classy & Rebels..... A few steps closer the the grave though.
We finally found a healthy alternative. Electronic cigarettes. OMG.........There has been one (maybe 2) unfortunate incidents.
Lets look at the bigger picture. How many people have directly died from lung cancer due to smoking? Why not post that all over the news?
Where are all the pics of different brands of cigarettes, the questions of what brand killed the smoker?
Why isn't there isn't a lot of info/pictures out there on what a lung cancer patient physically suffers through with their battle to stay alive? Hey, why not ask the family members what they endured, watching as yet another loved one slipped away?
Life is filled with so many whys. Why can someone die in a car crash? Should we ban cars? Why can someone die from a reaction to medication? Should they be banned? Should we ban matches & lighter because some people have died in fires?
We live, we experience, we learn, we die.
In this living experience we try to make it better & easier for ourselves & the ones that follow.
My thought.
Smoking is/was an accepted part of of society up to a few years ago. We've all seen the cool rugged guy with a smoke dangling from his mouth. The high class society broad, with her long black, slender & sleek filter, cradling her smoking stick.
Were we all not looking for a piece of that? The Rebel, the Sweet Classy Cool. I think yes!
Turns out that wasn't the healthiest lifestyle to strive for, in the long run anyway. But fun & free, & our own immortal rebel being? Hellz Bellz Yes.
So now we're a bunch of nic addicts......Cool, Classy & Rebels..... A few steps closer the the grave though.
We finally found a healthy alternative. Electronic cigarettes. OMG.........There has been one (maybe 2) unfortunate incidents.
Lets look at the bigger picture. How many people have directly died from lung cancer due to smoking? Why not post that all over the news?
Where are all the pics of different brands of cigarettes, the questions of what brand killed the smoker?
Why isn't there isn't a lot of info/pictures out there on what a lung cancer patient physically suffers through with their battle to stay alive? Hey, why not ask the family members what they endured, watching as yet another loved one slipped away?
Life is filled with so many whys. Why can someone die in a car crash? Should we ban cars? Why can someone die from a reaction to medication? Should they be banned? Should we ban matches & lighter because some people have died in fires?
We live, we experience, we learn, we die.
In this living experience we try to make it better & easier for ourselves & the ones that follow.
My thought.
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