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shaunous said:
If u got outside and discovered nature and all it's magic you'd have a decent enough immune system to not worry about things like this :)
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Well played sir.

To be fair, I'm a pack a day smoker, I get plenty of fresh air thanks to the ridiculous discrimination against smokers these days.
 
You probably get sick from all the stress from your job donske.
 
Donske said:
Well played sir.

To be fair, I'm a pack a day smoker, I get plenty of fresh air thanks to the ridiculous discrimination against smokers these days.
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I dont smoke and never have. But i do feel sorry for you smokers, i hate how the government has to basically ban smoking now or make it to expensive to keep up, instead of just letting people know it gives you and others around u lung cancer and then letting you decide for yourself. But i suppose it makes then shitloads in tax revenue.

The only thing thats scaring me is what the do-gooders will turn to next after they have basically made tobacco illegal in Aus, and high chances are it'll be taxing the crap outa alcohol to stop us all drinking.
 
shaunous said:
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The only thing thats scaring me is what the do-gooders will turn to next after they have basically made tobacco illegal in Aus, and high chances are it'll be taxing the crap outa alcohol to stop us all drinking.
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Do we know any homebrewers?
 
sponge said:
Do we know any homebrewers?
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I know people grow wild tobacco too, but its illegal, just like homebrewing would become once alcohol is decided to be a killer.


Yesterday on JJJ's hack they had a big segment on the worlds food supply, its quickly dissapearing and we'll be living of insects, test tube grown meat and corn flower soon apparently.
If we let people die from making their own decisions through smoking etc, we wouldnt need to chase butterflys around for dinner.
 
Would it be amazing if people actually started growing vegies and fruit in there own back yards...

Ultra radical concept...but it could just work...




In saying that, I can see the Government being lobbied by big supermarkets to impose a " grow our own food" tax
 
Alcohol is a dangerous drug and the biggest burden on society in the way of health,cost and civil disruption, the reason being more people use alcohol so a larger percentage abuse it. Even though the taxes increase with the strength of the alcohol I can't see it affecting the home brewers, I can't imagine a home brewer drinking to excess and going out and smashing a bus shelter.
 
Ducatiboy stu said:
Would it be amazing if people actually started growing vegies and fruit in there own back yards...

Ultra radical concept...but it could just work...
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Anyone catch Insight last night? Was about the community response to a hypothetical pandemic. One expert guest was talking about the fact that there's approx 3 days worth of fresh food in the supermarket system at any one point in time. Pretty freaky when you think about the number of people reliant on a system that could be quite precarious in situations like this.
 
wide eyed and legless said:
I can't imagine a home brewer drinking to excess and going out and smashing a bus shelter.
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As if the bloke who introduced those glass bus shelters didn't have a brother in the glazing industry. Someone's making a killing off those things.
 
shaunous said:
If we let people die from making their own decisions through smoking etc, we wouldnt need to chase butterflys around for dinner.
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Bwahahaha!
 
shaunous said:
I dont smoke and never have. But i do feel sorry for you smokers, i hate how the government has to basically ban smoking now or make it to expensive to keep up, instead of just letting people know it gives you and others around u lung cancer and then letting you decide for yourself. But i suppose it makes then shitloads in tax revenue.
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But how much does the treatment for all the different cancers and emphysema caused by smoking cost the government through medicare? I don't know but I'd guess the govt. still comes out behind.
I don't smoke and don't really care if you do... Unless you do it near me...
 
Going for the chemotherapy costs about $800 / visit, chemo drugs on top of that $700 / month then there is the cost of other associated drugs, Oncologists, surgery etc. Unfortunately alcohol is not blameless in its contribution towards cancer, and neither is obesity, obesity is credited with the increase in cancer rates in the western world, 1 in 2 men will be diagnosed with cancer and 1 in 3 women. these are diseases we could do without if medicare is to keep going.
 
Well I suppose if your fat, smoke and drink lots your pretty well fucked... -_-
 
shaunous said:
The only thing thats scaring me is what the do-gooders will turn to next after they have basically made tobacco illegal in Aus, and high chances are it'll be taxing the crap outa alcohol to stop us all drinking.
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I know someone who works with these people and the health department have alcohol in their sights now, big time.

Not taxation just the harmful effects. Their aim is to have alcohol consumption viewed in the same light as smoking within 15 years.
IIRC the term used was "Group 1 carcinogen"
 
It's interesting how people that eat too much tend to die...
 

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