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"Tobacco industry "unpunished,unrepentant criminals"
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<blockquote data-quote="KevinM" data-source="post: 292203" data-attributes="member: 2318"><p>The number of people who love to dress up, go to meetings, speak in hyperbole accompanied by affected mannerisms, and enjoy basking in the adulation of their peers -- "the right people" in the article's parlance -- seems to be growing steadily.</p><p></p><p>Most of the things people enjoy doing carry some degree of risk. When you roll up all the idividual risks and treat them statistically, the numbers can be impressive. Nevertheless, the likelihood of mortality for each and every one of us is 1.00, with or without whatever precautions we may choose to employ individually or collectively.</p><p></p><p>The key managing risk is moderation. Pipe smoking carries a different risk than the habit of a three-pack-a-day cigarette user. Attendees at Harvard conferences don't recognize the differences and, in any event, believe that the world would be better if it were governed by properly credentialed people such as themselves. Certainly they do not believe that "the masses" should be permitted to use their own common sense and make their own judgments.</p><p></p><p>Wonder who paid for this conference?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KevinM, post: 292203, member: 2318"] The number of people who love to dress up, go to meetings, speak in hyperbole accompanied by affected mannerisms, and enjoy basking in the adulation of their peers -- "the right people" in the article's parlance -- seems to be growing steadily. Most of the things people enjoy doing carry some degree of risk. When you roll up all the idividual risks and treat them statistically, the numbers can be impressive. Nevertheless, the likelihood of mortality for each and every one of us is 1.00, with or without whatever precautions we may choose to employ individually or collectively. The key managing risk is moderation. Pipe smoking carries a different risk than the habit of a three-pack-a-day cigarette user. Attendees at Harvard conferences don't recognize the differences and, in any event, believe that the world would be better if it were governed by properly credentialed people such as themselves. Certainly they do not believe that "the masses" should be permitted to use their own common sense and make their own judgments. Wonder who paid for this conference? [/QUOTE]
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