Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!hogpc!houxm!ihnp4!ihuxu!klick From: klick@ihuxu.UUCP Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Smoking . . . (Slow Motion Suicide) Message-ID: <181@ihuxu.UUCP> Date: Tue, 14-Jun-83 12:55:10 EDT Article-I.D.: ihuxu.181 Posted: Tue Jun 14 12:55:10 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 15-Jun-83 23:07:15 EDT Lines: 31 Tim Maroney has for no particular reason decided to misrepresent me out of context across newsgroups, also misspelling my name in the process. The statement he was referring to was originally used in an attempt to show by example the fallacy in a particular form of argument. Its purpose was clarified in a subsequent submission, which Tim read and responded to prior to his submission in this newsgroup, so he was aware of my intent when he made his reference here. This appears to be just another example of how Tim spends all of his time: making submissions to the net for the purpose of causing trouble. For those of you who haven't been following the discussion on net.religion, Tim has been demanding proof for all kinds of things there, too, and castigating those who offer evidence counter to his position. Tim probably wouldn't believe it's raining outside without going out and getting wet (possibly not even then), and certainly not if someone just told him so. It's amazing how in discussions with Tim, the "burden of proof" always falls on those who disagree with him. In regards to the discussion here, as far as I know it has been widely accepted for some years that cigarette smoke is harmful, both to smokers themselves and to those who breathe the smoke secondhand; the question is only one of degree, that is, how great the danger is. Vickie Klick (with a K, not a C, Tim) Bell Labs - Naperville ihuxu!klick