[thechat] Appalling
Ben Dyer
ben_dyer at imaginuity.com
Wed Jul 25 16:49:08 CDT 2001
At 04:38 PM 7/25/2001, you wrote:
>This is one of those things that seems so ridiculous it could be a gag...
I thought so, too. But if it is a "gag", it borders on slander...hell, it
probably *is* slander.
>But if it's true, the "report" is going to be flawed:
>
>"The report, which breaks out the savings from such things as health care,
>housing, and other social services that are unlikely to be used by dead
>people, does admit that there is a dark side to death: dead people don't
>pay taxes."
>
>it can't be THAT cheap to die from cancer...
>and what about all the other health effects associated with smoking (more
>sickness, prolonged sicknesses, childhood asthma) that perhaps aren't
>directly related to death, but instead to lost work days and extra doctor
>visits?
Could be. All this reminds me of that Edward Norton monologue explaining
his job to that woman in the airplane in Fight Club.
--Ben
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