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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=250095314-18032005>> </SPAN>...but are you conceding that exposing
<EM>anyone,</EM> whether they be one or one hundred, to tobacco
smoke could be considered any sort of
a <EM><U>crime</U></EM>?</FONT></FONT></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=250095314-18032005>></SPAN> 'Crime' is a pretty strong word to
describe tobacco smoke being in a helpless person's immediate environment
without ill-intent being
involved..<BR></FONT></FONT></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Drunk driving is still considered a crime even though the
drunk driver may not have any ill-intent of endangering a helpless
person.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=250095314-18032005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Both act contribute statistically to the death of innocent
individuals.</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org
[mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Al
Brooks<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 17, 2005 10:49 PM<BR><B>To:</B> ExI chat
list<BR><B>Subject:</B> [extropy-chat] forgive my pedantry,
Mike<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>...but are you conceding that exposing <EM>anyone,</EM> whether
they be one or one hundred, to tobacco smoke could be considered any
sort of a <EM><U>crime</U></EM>?</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG> 'Crime' is a pretty strong word to describe
tobacco smoke being in a helpless person's immediate environment without
ill-intent being involved..<BR><BR><I></I></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><I></I></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><I>Mike Lorrey <mlorrey@yahoo.com></I></STRONG> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq
style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">If
parents are so abusive as to bring their kids into a smoke
filled<BR>restaurant, the crime is theirs, not the proprietors.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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