[extropy-chat] forgive my pedantry, Mike

[Gary Miller]

> ...but are you conceding that exposing anyone, whether they be one or one
hundred, to tobacco smoke could be considered any sort of a crime?
> 'Crime' is a pretty strong word to describe tobacco smoke being in a
helpless person's immediate environment without ill-intent being involved..

Drunk driving is still considered a crime even though the drunk driver may
not have any ill-intent of endangering a helpless person.
 
Both act contribute statistically to the death of innocent individuals.

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[mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of Al Brooks
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 10:49 PM
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Subject: [extropy-chat] forgive my pedantry, Mike


...but are you conceding that exposing anyone, whether they be one or one
hundred, to tobacco smoke could be considered any sort of a crime?
 'Crime' is a pretty strong word to describe tobacco smoke being in a
helpless person's immediate environment without ill-intent being involved..


 
Mike Lorrey <mlorrey at yahoo.com> wrote:

If parents are so abusive as to bring their kids into a smoke filled
restaurant, the crime is theirs, not the proprietors.



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