[Vicious_2003]

Don't take it personally my friend

Not at all. I am actually enjoying this spirited discussion. You've made some good points that I agree with..and some that I dont. But you must admit..comparing niccotene to heroin is a closer comparrison than say....video games to niccotene....dont you agree

btw..Im not saying that niccotene is as bad as crack..Id be a fool to argue such a point. Im just saying that by thier addictive elements they should both be made illegal...not just one...not just the other....BOTH IMHO. If someone wants to do something that harms them..such as blading, starving themselves, binging on alcohol..etc...then so be it. But it isnt right to allow something that is as HIGHLY addicting as niccotene to be pumped into the streets and into the hands of young people. People have the right to harm themselves..but they should also have some control over this...niccotene doesent allow for much control sence soo many people have physical addictions to it.

Anyway its good to have someone to debate that doesent take things too personally, thanks for that Daedaelus . And rememeber for further reference that unless someone insults me or a friend openly...I NEVER take things personally. So dont be afriad to get in my face a little during debates if you need to

i don't smoke, yet still i get annoyed by those truth.org commercials. i remember when thier website got hacked

I see what you mean. Soemetimes it seems like the people running those adds are extreemly out of touch with young people. And you can tell alot of the info is exaggerated.

My favorite is when the two kids are smoking weed in one of thier parents studies and one finds a gun. And one shoots the other after an exchange of words. That was just flat out amusing and rather far fetched. (Youd really have to see it to understand, I know kids shooting each other isnt funny...but the way they did it certainly was)

And then they claim that every ten seconds someone dies of tobbaco use in the world in thier latest add. Lets not mention that a million other things may have contributed alot more than tobbaco use to thier deaths. Some guy has a stroke while smoking a ciggerette and it was tobbaco that killed him....riiight.Seems like anyone who dies who smoked dies because of tobbaco. They really try and sensationalize and over exagerate the harm of niccotene