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Old Mar 22, 2008, 04:23 pm   #11 (permalink) (top)
grandpa
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Because in American we have this held suspicion that if
you give the government an inch they will take a
mile.
Well, people have given them inches and they have taken miles. So it's not too strange.

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We also have this desire to oppose authority and common
sense, we like to smoke even though we know its
harmful, perhaps just because for some its all they can
do to snub authority.
That's funny, because I thought opposing authority was generally the common sense approach to society.

And I'm not sure what to make of your smoking argument. I don't think smoking has much to do with "snubbing authority."

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