[thechat] Appalling

[Ben Dyer]

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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