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Subject: 
Re: smokers sueing tobacco producers
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date: 
Fri, 14 Jul 2000 16:06:15 GMT
Reply-To: 
jsproat@io*nospam*.com
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Christopher Weeks wrote:
I
wish people would just take it on the chin and admit that it's their own darn
fault, rather than seeking to rip off a big corporation just because they're a
faceless monetarily substantial entity.

I don't think "faceless" has anything to do with it.  These are just people
who want to unload the responsibility for their actions in exchange for money.

Cheers,
- jsproat

--
Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@io.com> ~~~ http://www.io.com/~jsproat/
Uh, two.  Including this one.



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Hi all, The big headline at cnn.com is about the Florida lawsuit against big tobacco. Can anyone justify this? I am among the folks who think that since everyone knows smoking is dangerous, so how can the producers be held accountable for the (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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