The pseudonym "Philo Vaihinger" has been abandoned. All posts have been and are written by me, Joseph Auclair.

Thursday, September 5, 2013

Is addiction per se “troubling”?


What law authorizes this?

Or is this just another case of the Obama administration doing its own thing?

As for e-cigarettes, what’s the up side?

All the benefits of nicotine (yes, you bet there are benefits) without the worries about lung ailments caused by actual smoking, or any of the cancers caused by not only smoking but chewing or snorting actual tobacco.

The down side?

Addiction.

On the other hand, why is that a problem if (a) the user has no wish to quit and (b) (relatedly, no doubt) the price is not unreasonable?

Our ties, after all, to food, water, and air are even stronger than addiction, and nobody thinks to declaim against God for treating us shabbily.

Sometimes Nanny is a pain in the butt.

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