Simon Wrote:

> I didn't suggest you where stupid Stephen.

I inferred it from your attempted sleight of hand.

> We are
> talking about smoking - and if "HMGov" didn't get
> the tax from cigarettes they would have to cut the
> money from somewhere. Whatever your opinion on
> where they should spend their (our) cash, the fact
> remains that smokers contribute more in taxes than
> they cost in terms of smoking related diseases

Again, you attempt a sleight of hand. I was not disputing that. I am disputing your false statements "We keep the NHS going with our ciggy tax" and (in response to my statement that what the NHS gets from taxes on tobacco is less than it costs to treat smoking-related diseases) "you are actually wrong there". If you meant to say something other than what you actually wrote, that is hardly the fault of the reader, but please do not pretend that you disd not make those statements. It is cheap debating tactics like this that are the reason I try to avoid getting into discussions with you.


> There's no need to nit pick all
> the details.

If showing a false statement (like the one I initialy disputed) to be false is "nit picking", then so be it. However, as they say "God (or "the devil", depending on your choice of rendering the aphorism) is in the details."

[...]
> If only we weren't all so afraid of death

All? I think not.

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Stephen