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To: long-gone who wrote (6291)	8/3/2000 9:50:00 AM
From: Mark Marcellus	Respond to of 17683

OT Long-gone, it is a fallacy to assume that anyone who has once disagreed with one of your beliefs automatically disagrees with you on every other matter. It is also a sign that you use dogma instead of reason to arrive at your conclusions. I have no idea why you addressed this to me, as I recall saying nothing about big tobacco, and if I had commented on the current lawsuits it would have been to say that they are mostly ridiculous. I even own some Philip Morris stock. But since you seem interested in cutting edge product liability lawsuits you might want to take a look at this one: theonion.com I do believe that the world would be a better place without tobacco, but that's a matter of individual choice. There are a lot of other things the world would be better off without as well. One of these is media sponsored science hysteria. We are currently suffering through an episode in the NYC area with the "West Nile Virus" frenzy. You have to love the name, there are all sorts of subliminal messages there. It sort of makes it sound like the disease was introduced by Arab terrorists. Anyway, local governments seem determined to poison their citizens with pesticides before that evil disease has a chance to get them first. The radiation risk from cell phones is a legitimate concern, although the evidence so far is not compelling. The FDA should definitely pursue the issue, but it would be better if they did so in the lab rather than the headlines. BTW, I recall that you are sometimes interested in conspiracy theories. If so, you may be interested to know that phones adhering to the most popular European standard emit more radiation than phones adhering to the most popular American standard. I'm sure that didn't influence the FDA's decision in the slightest.