tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29583439.post3926237264241097459..comments2023-11-02T06:00:57.417-05:00Comments on Eat a Steak - Save the World: Smoking Ban vs Gay MarriageUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29583439.post-54837269633189573402009-10-09T14:36:00.473-05:002009-10-09T14:36:00.473-05:00http://www.lidiaoffice.com.br/http://www.lidiaoffice.com.br/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29583439.post-57633688891565924472008-11-10T07:46:00.000-06:002008-11-10T07:46:00.000-06:00Well said.Well said.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29583439.post-48785841748037328002007-07-27T12:21:00.000-05:002007-07-27T12:21:00.000-05:00While I completely agree that the difference betwe...While I completely agree that the difference between science and religion is one that never equates well, I'm trying to focus on the "we know what's best for you" and "ged rid of anything that could potentially pose a threat to me" mentalities.<BR/><BR/>I was stretching the "risk factor" to prove a point: we can't just ban anything other people do just because it potentially risks our happiness/safety.<BR/><BR/>Gay marriage was the extreme. Car driving and drinking alcohol are more along the scientific lines, so I offered them on the table as well.<BR/><BR/>And while I've seen actual research about certain chemicals like carcinogens that CAN cause cancer, so do apparently hundreds of OTHER things that scientists throw in our faces every day. While you can try to blame cancer on the secondhand smoke, and probably be right, you can't prove it was ONLY secondhand smoke and not the other hundreds of things partially or wholly to blame.AaronBSamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05483759259479976960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29583439.post-44352154635207497702007-07-27T12:11:00.000-05:002007-07-27T12:11:00.000-05:00Really, you haven't seen any research? Try googlin...Really, you haven't seen any research? Try googling 'secondhand smoke clinical research' and click on the first two hits (of 591,000).<BR/><BR/>The analogy between banning secondhand smoke and banning gay marriage doesn't work. In one case we're talking about SCIENCE: quantitative data, carcinogen levels, risk factors--and in the other case we're talking about RELIGION: someone's god doesn't like it. Both are paternalistic laws, but there are plenty of distinctions to be made among that group.Bridget Samuelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02894455480408955059noreply@blogger.com