Len

>>As I understand there have been some studies that disprove this assertion. May I ask where you get your numbers from please or are you just repeating a sort of urban legend.
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>I was going to reply on this thread yesterday with some statistics on tobacco/alcohol/illegal drug related deaths, I had just come across the figures in a book I'm currently reading. I believe the figures come from a 10-12 year old report, I don't have the book with me today, I'll try to remember to get it tonight/tomorrow & let you know the exact source. I couldn't remember the exact numbers quoted, hence the vagueness of my numbers.
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>(Just had a quick look at the report you gave me the link to. That relates specifically to breast cancer. The figure I quoted was for lung cancer & heart-related diseases. But point taken, there is still disagreement)

Well, my point is that this isn't always so exact. The problems we're having here is that some seem to confuse their desires or expectations with fact and act as though the matter was settled. Additionally, when challenged it is now a matter of dogma, not rational thought. Over here liberal in the media only seem to 'hang' with others of like mind. This has brought them to the point where they simply think of themselves as the 'normal' or 'majority', when, in fact, all too often they are neither; and they simply cannot comprehend those who may disagree with them.

The emperor has no clothes... <g>