I seen this posted on someone's wall and I felt compelled to point out a few things.
"So they want to stick gruesome images on cigarette packs?
Why not pictures of starving children on McDonald's packaging?
Why not tortured animals on cosmetics products?
Why not put the photos of the victims of drunken drivers, on beer and wine bottles?
Why not pictures of dishonest, thieving Politicians enjoying our money, on tax returns?"
Ok, first of all, they wouldn't put pictures of starving children on McDonald's packaging because fast food doesn't cause starvation. It causes obesity, so the images should be of morbidly obese children not starving ones.
Second, not all cosmetics come from animal testing. That's actually pretty uncommon in todays society.
Third alcohol isn't the cause of drunk drivers killing and injuring people, the idiot people driving drunk do that. Believe it or not there actually ARE mature adults out there that know when they have had to much to drink and hand over their keys. Those who support gun control say the same things about guns. How about we actually blame the person breaking the law instead of blaming what they used to break it. Or do they need to paint pictures on all firearms of people and/or animals that have been shot?
Fourth, there are already photos of politicians on our money. Every coin and bill has the photo of a President on it, and none of them were 100% completely honest, so that covers the last phrase.
Cigarettes, on the other hand, are guaranteed to kill you. There is no 'safe' cigarette. Do I agree with them putting the graphic images on cigarette packs? Absolutely not, it implies that we are not capable of making educated decisions for ourselves. Do they really think there is anyone left on the planet that thinks smoking is good for you? Their lack of faith in us as mature adults is far more disturbing to me than the images being on packs of cigarettes.
And for the record, yes I am a smoker, have been for close to 17 years now. It's not something that I am proud of, but I do it. I wish I could stop, and I'm slowely getting there. I've got myself down to about 5 cigarettes a day and I'm pretty proud of that progress. That being said, if it takes putting images of cancer infested lungs on cigarette packs to make our youth think twice about lighting up then so be it. If their parents can't get through to them someone needs to.
That being said, when utilizing the copy & paste function, use some common sense people. If you are going to say (or type) something, make sure you know what it is you are putting out there. Otherwise you just make yourself look like you are lacking in the intelligence department.
"So they want to stick gruesome images on cigarette packs?
Why not pictures of starving children on McDonald's packaging?
Why not tortured animals on cosmetics products?
Why not put the photos of the victims of drunken drivers, on beer and wine bottles?
Why not pictures of dishonest, thieving Politicians enjoying our money, on tax returns?"
Ok, first of all, they wouldn't put pictures of starving children on McDonald's packaging because fast food doesn't cause starvation. It causes obesity, so the images should be of morbidly obese children not starving ones.
Second, not all cosmetics come from animal testing. That's actually pretty uncommon in todays society.
Third alcohol isn't the cause of drunk drivers killing and injuring people, the idiot people driving drunk do that. Believe it or not there actually ARE mature adults out there that know when they have had to much to drink and hand over their keys. Those who support gun control say the same things about guns. How about we actually blame the person breaking the law instead of blaming what they used to break it. Or do they need to paint pictures on all firearms of people and/or animals that have been shot?
Fourth, there are already photos of politicians on our money. Every coin and bill has the photo of a President on it, and none of them were 100% completely honest, so that covers the last phrase.
Cigarettes, on the other hand, are guaranteed to kill you. There is no 'safe' cigarette. Do I agree with them putting the graphic images on cigarette packs? Absolutely not, it implies that we are not capable of making educated decisions for ourselves. Do they really think there is anyone left on the planet that thinks smoking is good for you? Their lack of faith in us as mature adults is far more disturbing to me than the images being on packs of cigarettes.
And for the record, yes I am a smoker, have been for close to 17 years now. It's not something that I am proud of, but I do it. I wish I could stop, and I'm slowely getting there. I've got myself down to about 5 cigarettes a day and I'm pretty proud of that progress. That being said, if it takes putting images of cancer infested lungs on cigarette packs to make our youth think twice about lighting up then so be it. If their parents can't get through to them someone needs to.
That being said, when utilizing the copy & paste function, use some common sense people. If you are going to say (or type) something, make sure you know what it is you are putting out there. Otherwise you just make yourself look like you are lacking in the intelligence department.
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