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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
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Posted: Tue Jun 14 12:55:10 1983
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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