This phrase has been going through my head regarding e-cigs. We've all had it drilled into our heads that if something sounds too good to be true, then it probably isn't true. I think a lot of the people opposed to e-cigs, and harm reduction in general, have this somewhere lurking in the back of their minds.
But are things that sound too good to be true always not true? That just can't be possible. Sometimes things really are amazingly good ideas. I was trying to think of some other things that must have sounded too good to be true before they became commonplace.
Indoor plumbing? You mean we don't have to go out to the well or stream or pump to get our water? We can wash the dishes right in the kitchen and the dirty water will just go down the drain? We can 'do our business' right here in this porcelain contraption and it will be flushed right away? Don't have to use a chamber pot or an outhouse? Sounds too good to be true, there must be a catch!
Automobiles? We don't have to keep horses, carriages? It won't take us an entire day to go a few miles? This has to be a scam!
Airplanes, electricity, birth control?
To be fair most of these technologies had growing pains and all probably had their detractors as well. Few would argue these days though that these things were "too good to be true". It will be interesting to see if e-cigs someday fall unequivocally in this category.
Thanks for reading, just some idle rumblings from my brain. LOL!
But are things that sound too good to be true always not true? That just can't be possible. Sometimes things really are amazingly good ideas. I was trying to think of some other things that must have sounded too good to be true before they became commonplace.
Indoor plumbing? You mean we don't have to go out to the well or stream or pump to get our water? We can wash the dishes right in the kitchen and the dirty water will just go down the drain? We can 'do our business' right here in this porcelain contraption and it will be flushed right away? Don't have to use a chamber pot or an outhouse? Sounds too good to be true, there must be a catch!
Automobiles? We don't have to keep horses, carriages? It won't take us an entire day to go a few miles? This has to be a scam!
Airplanes, electricity, birth control?
To be fair most of these technologies had growing pains and all probably had their detractors as well. Few would argue these days though that these things were "too good to be true". It will be interesting to see if e-cigs someday fall unequivocally in this category.
Thanks for reading, just some idle rumblings from my brain. LOL!