Comic effect. If I went for ridicule I would sight the numbers of suicides amongst non-smokers being higher than smokers and make a giant leap of logic to suggest that this proves that everyone should smoke to cut down on suicide.

Jake

>Jake;
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>What form of parody did you have in mind? Comic effect or ridicule?
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>Tom
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>>Tracy,
>> I guess you missed the parody in my post. Let me try again...
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>>It is indeed a sad sight to see one or more human beings killed due to a
>>non-smoker. More than once I have seen with my own eyes the victims of a fire due to someone leaving the stove on. It is not unusual to hear of an entire family killed from a non-smoker. Or to hear on the news that an entire apartment house was burned to the ground because someone was sleeping and they left the stove on and all the occupants lost everything they owned.
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>>Jake
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>>>Hmmm, how do you know those kids have matches only because their parents smoke? I guess they don't have a gas oven or a grill that needs lighting...
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>>>What about the drunk drivers on the road killing innocent people? Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for people 1 to 44. What about the fat people with medical problems due to being obese and draining our medical system? What about the pharmacists and doctors that misprescribe medicines or fail to fill them correctly and kill 100,000 a year... What about the drug users and sellers that kill themselves and innocent bystanders. What about adverse drug reactions killing people? Then there is those that are not killing us but killing our economy: lazy folks that live on welfare with four-five kids and a man that lives there but doesn't pay for anything or marry the mother so she can live free on the government...sheesh I could go on...so much complain about...
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>>>>>It is indeed a sad sight to see one or more human beings killed due to a cigarette smoker. More than once I have seen with my own eyes the victims of a fire due to someone falling asleep while smoking. It is not unusual to hear of an entire family killed from a smoker. Or to hear on the news that an entire apartment house was burned to the ground because someone was smoking and all the occupants lost everything they owned.
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>>>>It is indeed a sad sight to see one or more human beings killed due to a
>>>>non-smoker. More than once I have seen with my own eyes the victims of a fire due to someone playing with matches. It is not unusual to hear of an entire family killed from a non-smoker. Or to hear on the news that an entire apartment house was burned to the ground because someone was sleeping while they-re kids played with matches and all the occupants lost everything they owned.