Tuesday 20 January 2009

Socratic Dialogue: Smoking

Man cannot do wrong intentionally as that would be unreasonable, and as we all know man is a reasonable creature.

"You took up smoking a couple of years ago, didn't you?"
"That's right."
"But why, since they're so bad for your health?"
"Come again?"
"You know, the terrible effects they can have on your health."
"I've no idea what you're talking about."
"You know: 'Smoking kills.' 'Smoking Causes Lung Cancer', etc. It's even written on the packets."
"You're raving. You don't think I'd have started smoking if I knew cigarettes were bad for my health. Noone does wrong willingly. You must know that. And since so many of us are smoking, and we can't all be ignorant, then obviously they're not bad for our health."
"Yes, of course. How embarrassing."
"That's all right- happens the best of us, here, have a fag."
"Cheers."

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