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Originally Posted by Martian
The general knee-jerk reaction seems to be that smokers don't deserve treatment for ill effects brought on by smoking. Some would carry this over to those who drink alcohol. But let's take the whole devil's advocate routine a step further...
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Smoking is often demonized and I've heard the argument you make before. The reality is, there are a great many conditions and injuries that are easily preventable and/or are a direct result of a person's lifestyle choices. The greater possibility of lung cancer due to smoking is just one. Can you really say that smokers are less deserving of treatment than any of the above? I reckon if we're going to persecute one group for making a lifestyle choice that they're well within their rights to make, we would have to do the same to all of them, no?
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/applause
Someone get that fellow a smoke.
Reminds me of that episode of House where he asks Wilson why there isn't a ribbon for lung cancer and he says something along the lines of..."People blame lung cancer patients. They smoked. They screwed up. They
deserve to die."
Sorry, Zeraph. I jumped the gun a bit. It's just that you hear it so many times, you start trying to anticipate the argument and respond accordingly. My mistake...