Well, I agree. He would be out of his mind to try and ban tobacco because it wouldn't work. Just writing down on a piece of paper telling people to stop doing something bad for them won't make them stop. You'll notice that I'm saying that if people stopped smoking, it would benefit the economy...
The thing is, you're using an equivocation fallacy. If prohibition of tobacco could work, then yes, it should be banned. It would do wonders for the economy by lowering the burden of tobacco-related disease, it would increase the life-expectancy of the population and increase the mean number of...
Also, to everyone saying that smoking cigarettes is like drinking coffee etc, and that the arguments for banning cigarettes can be used for coffee too...
That's like comparing murder to genocide really. The scales are completely different, you can't compare apples and oranges.
It won't work. Tell people to stop smoking cigarettes and they'll just do it anyway. The only way you're going to fix the problem is if people simply stop smoking of their own accord; not because a piece of paper says they aren't allowed to.
Nice graph.
I found one you might like to complement it.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KVN7AVE_Uzg/TxW3qq2B10I/AAAAAAAAAxk/ujlnMECB67g/s1600/WolrdPopulation.jpg
Notice how the total number of people that can potentially be infected with AIDS tends to grow exponentially with time.
"The greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development of love and compassion. The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being." (14th Dalai Lama)
"I was younger then, I wasnt afraid of anything, I didnt think about dying for a...
I'll start!
"God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? What was holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet owned has bled to death under our knives: who will wipe this blood off us? What water is there for...
How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? What was holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet owned has bled to death under our knives: who will wipe this blood off us? What water is there for us to clean ourselves? What festivals of atonement, what sacred...
I am confused, maybe someone can help me out? I just got told at Hapkido that your mindset can have an effect the outcome of your technique. A positive mindset means you're more likely to do it right. And that extends to everything, since every day actions are an extension of Hapkido. What I...
I like how he put it on the far right of the screen, away from what you're actually reading. That way it's guaranteed to be in your peripheral vision, and you don't look at it closely. So you think it's an actual bug. But it's not. Mestemia, you cunning fox.
Quite personally, I think your link has nothing to do with sport worship and everything to do with the people who bullied the kid out of school.
Yes they are a product of their culture; but I somehow doubt it was sports worship that caused them to do what they did. It was their nature as...