Comments on: Mad Max in Australia http://www.davehitt.com/blog2/maxs-article/ The Only Blog That Gets You Smartenized® Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:07:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Bernie http://www.davehitt.com/blog2/maxs-article/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Bernie Sun, 08 Jul 2007 02:26:03 +0000 http://www.davehitt.com/blog2/2007/07/04/maxs-article/#comment-56 Tracey; Any warning that begins "smoking causes" should be a red flag. Whatever the claim goes on to say will be illogical because of the word "causes". For something to be considered a "cause" it should demonstrably and invariably create the effect. If I put my hand into boiling water it will get scolded. If you do the same thing you will get the same result and so would anyone else not wearing anything to protect their hands. It will happen every time. From this we can conclude logically that putting a bare hand into boiling water will cause a scold. When it is claimed that smoking causes yellow ears, lung cancer or global warming we must ask how many packs a day for how long will cause this effect. Then look to see all the exceptions where lots of people who also smoke that number of packs per day for that length of time yet do have show evidence of the claimed effect. If there are no exceptions there might be a case for the claim. Tracey; Any warning that begins “smoking causes” should be a red flag. Whatever the claim goes on to say will be illogical because of the word “causes”. For something to be considered a “cause” it should demonstrably and invariably create the effect. If I put my hand into boiling water it will get scolded. If you do the same thing you will get the same result and so would anyone else not wearing anything to protect their hands. It will happen every time. From this we can conclude logically that putting a bare hand into boiling water will cause a scold.

When it is claimed that smoking causes yellow ears, lung cancer or global warming we must ask how many packs a day for how long will cause this effect. Then look to see all the exceptions where lots of people who also smoke that number of packs per day for that length of time yet do have show evidence of the claimed effect. If there are no exceptions there might be a case for the claim.

]]> By: tracey maclean http://www.davehitt.com/blog2/maxs-article/comment-page-1/#comment-55 tracey maclean Fri, 06 Jul 2007 21:05:39 +0000 http://www.davehitt.com/blog2/2007/07/04/maxs-article/#comment-55 What makes me suspicious about the health warnings on cigarette packets is the one which states " smoking causes aging of the skin" is this a problem regarding health? I think not, this seems to be more about vanity. alongside which I have seen no such side effect within myself, and have been a smoker for 27 years. Obviously this is not conclusive proof for the pro smoking debate, but it does rather undermine their argument for me. What makes me suspicious about the health warnings on cigarette packets is the one which states ” smoking causes aging of the skin” is this a problem regarding health? I think not, this seems to be more about vanity. alongside which I have seen no such side effect within myself, and have been a smoker for 27 years. Obviously this is not conclusive proof for the pro smoking debate, but it does rather undermine their argument for me.

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