Stardate 20010717.0731 (On Screen): "It's not a bug, it's a feature!" I think someone at Philip Morris must be demented. They are actually touting the lethality of cigarettes as a desirable aspect of the product? After all, by causing premature deaths by the thousands they actually save money. (People who die young of cancer don't require old-age benefit.) Marvelous. Of course, this argument can be applied to any dangerous product: "Of
course guns kill people; that's what they're
designed to do! And every one which gets knocked off saves you tax dollars. Support gun ownership today!" "Our cars are dangerous and easily flip over, killing their passengers. This is a
good thing." "Our children's toys are easily swallowed and make babies choke to death. This is a
good thing." And so on.
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