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Freebase Dali · 03-15-2009, 05:12 PM

I question the validity of that diagnosis unless the Kindergarten teacher had some hereditary pre-disposition for developing cancer after only 22 years of ocassionally being around someone who smoked... Especially when there are people who have been smoking for more than 50 years and are fine.

If secondhand smoke is to be proven an unquestionable danger, it must be proven in 100 percent of the cases where someone is exposed to it.

People who are susceptible to certain diseases cannot be used to prove a general accusation.
It's like saying that everyone who falls off an 8 foot roof and lands on their feet will break their legs, then using someone with Osteoporosis to demonstrate it.

I can guarantee you that a 22 year old who doesn't smoke and ends up with lung cancer already had something wrong to begin with. Otherwise, you wouldn't have many 22 year olds alive today, considering how many 22 year olds are exposed to second hand smoke.

03-15-2009, 05:12 PM	#75 (permalink)
Freebase Dali Partying on the inside Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 5,584	I question the validity of that diagnosis unless the Kindergarten teacher had some hereditary pre-disposition for developing cancer after only 22 years of ocassionally being around someone who smoked... Especially when there are people who have been smoking for more than 50 years and are fine. If secondhand smoke is to be proven an unquestionable danger, it must be proven in 100 percent of the cases where someone is exposed to it. People who are susceptible to certain diseases cannot be used to prove a general accusation. It's like saying that everyone who falls off an 8 foot roof and lands on their feet will break their legs, then using someone with Osteoporosis to demonstrate it. I can guarantee you that a 22 year old who doesn't smoke and ends up with lung cancer already had something wrong to begin with. Otherwise, you wouldn't have many 22 year olds alive today, considering how many 22 year olds are exposed to second hand smoke. __________________ Last edited by Freebase Dali; 03-15-2009 at 08:16 PM.