Rath on 17 June 2008
| Spankey said: smoking: it's safer than drinking. drinking has caused more death and violence than smoking ever will. on topic: I smoke about 15 a day and spend just under US$2 a box of 20 |
Its because smokers have gotten used to being shat on by the law (which I fully support being a non-smoker =D) but the last time the law tried to do anything significant about alcohol (see prohibition) it was a humunguous failure. Basically drinkers would be terribly unhappy about their hobby being banned or limited in such a way and they also make up a significant portion of the population. Its bad politics to try and ban it. Same with trying to ban guns in the USA.
