"When many cures are offered for a disease, it means the disease is not curable" -Anton Chekhov
''Once you tell people there's a cure for something, the more likely they are to pressure doctors to prescribe it.'' -Robert Ehrlich, drug advertising executive.
"Opinions are like sphincters, everyone has one." - Chris Rangel
Smoking and Fascism:Fairhaven, the River pointed out that the New York City smoker who commented on fascism being dressed in a white coat and stethoscope may be more correct than he knows. To prove it he sent along a fascinating article on Hitler and tobacco. The author of the article felt obliged to add this little politically correct qualifier at the end:
That does not mean, however, that antismoking movements are inherently fascist; it means simply that scientific memories are often clouded by the celebrations of victors and that the political history of science is occasionally less pleasant than we would wish. posted by Sydney on
10/17/2002 07:15:00 AM
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