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Originally Posted by fireman328
If Joe Bloggs pops a pill, which is a criminal offence, and then kills by kicking to death John Smith who is waiting in the taxi rank this has a direct impact on John Smith.
This happened in a local town about 2 years ago, Joe Bloggs pleaded not guilty to murder as his mind was disturbed by pills and alcohol. QED
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This is the second tortuous story that has now been conjoured up by people who appear desperate to portray alcohol as being as dangerous to third parties as tobacco is.
This is totally ridiculous. For a start, alcohol simply is not dangerous to someone who happens to be sitting next to someone who is drinking it, in anything like the sense that tobacco is. To claim otherwise is absurd, and, frankly, clutching at straws just a little. Secondly, even if alcohol were as dangerous (and it is not), it is plain illogical to suggest this fact as a reason not to do anything about tobacco. If it were the case, the solution would be to ban both. But as it's not, why don't we confine ourselves to a sensible discussion based on facts and not wild fantasies designed to prop up the indefensible arguments in favour of an indefensible habit.