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July 23, 2003
Philip Morris Cares: What's wrong with this country!
I just saw a commercial FROM Philip Morris which stated some interesting facts. Here is the actual transcript of that ad.At Philip Morris USA, we understand that people want to know where we stand on important tobacco issues. On our website, you can find out. For example, we agree that there is no "safe" cigarette. Cigarette smoking is addictive. SMOKING CAUSES LUNG CANCER, HEART DISEASE, EMPHYSEMA." and causes serious diseases, including lung cancer, heart disease and emphysema. The only proven way to reduce the health risks of smoking is to quit. For more, including links to sites that can help smokers quit, visit philipmorrisusa.com. Or call for a copy of excerpts from the site.
Is it just me, or is this insane. Its like a guy breaking into your house and before he pummels you, he gives you first aid tips on how to heal your upcoming wounds. How can we live in a world where a company admits they are selling you a harmful, addictive substance, which you should not take, but then continue to sell it to you. Do these people even have souls?
On their website, they have some handy links, such as:
The Benefits of Quitting Smoking
Cigarette Smoking and Disease in Smokers
Second Hand Smoke Causes Disease.
There's plenty more. Just click around. I'm certainly glad I never smoked. I've never had a single cigarette in my entire life. I feel for the people who inadvertently started and now cannot stop. It IS,after all, the most addictive substance out there. I'm just glad PM can continue selling it. After all its a free country right. I guess we're all free to sell products that slowly kill customers. It reminds me of SNL's Happy Fun Ball. It also reminds me of Nicarest on The Onion. Both are very funny reads.
Posted by wonko at July 23, 2003 11:02 AM
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We could live in a country where the goverment can tell what is good for us, or not thats our choice.
Posted by: ice slider at July 23, 2003 11:45 AM
We could live in a country where the goverment can tell us what is good for us, or not thats our choice.
Posted by: ice slider at July 23, 2003 11:46 AM
Thanks for emphasizing your point by posting twice. :) Actually, I often see this argument degrade in this way. The problem isn't the government, its people. People have no sense of community or morals anymore. Its all about money. Where the government steps in is to prevent us from hurting each other because of our inability to do that for ourselves. Freedom for Responsability. You know about that, right Ice Slider? Sure, it makes sense to have as few laws as possible, unless we abuse that freedom, which we've done. For this reason we need laws to stop us from abusing our freedom to the detriment of others. But legislation doesn't stop the problem, it only patches it. The problem is coultural.
Posted by: Wonko at July 23, 2003 11:56 AM
It's more like saying "If you pay me money to break into your house and pummel you, you might want to plan ahead and maybe have some band-aids lying around... Because... you're paying me to... you know...pummel you..."
Contrary to what magic box says, you're also free to *NOT* buy things.
Posted by: Turd Furgesson at July 23, 2003 01:28 PM
Guaranteed they aired that in a timeslot that didn't correlate with their target audience ;)
Posted by: kasei at July 23, 2003 03:11 PM
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