Yes he does, Mr. Tate. You shouldn't be confused. He has made his stance quite clear.

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My enduring personal, original quote: Many mistake what should rightly be called "passivism" for pacifism. Pacifism and passivism are COMPLETELY different.
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Ronald Reagan was not the only one to suffer from Alzheimer's Disease. America did, too.
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"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully." --President George W. Bush.
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Los Angeles voters=dumber than rocks.

I just couldn't understand what he meant, is all.

He meant that you should be able to do whatever you wanted with your own body and furthermore, that you should take responsibility for what you did with it and not expect to be bailed out just because your life choices produced an unpleasant result.

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My enduring personal, original quote: Many mistake what should rightly be called "passivism" for pacifism. Pacifism and passivism are COMPLETELY different.
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Ronald Reagan was not the only one to suffer from Alzheimer's Disease. America did, too.
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"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully." --President George W. Bush.
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Los Angeles voters=dumber than rocks.

Yea, the same thing for alcohol, but no one is trying to make that illeagal(again), we all knew how that paned out, why would Cigarettes be different?

I don't smoke but I am pro-freedom. I believe people have a right to do with themselves what they choose as long as it isn't hurting someone else. So I do support bans in public indoor areas, but not an overall ban.

I think Dennis Leary said it best:"If you stop smoking now you will add years onto your life. But they are the years at the end, the nursing home, pissing on yourself, alzheimer years. We don't want those years."

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Behind this mask, there is more than flesh and blood. Behind this mask is an idea. And ideas are bulletproof.

So if a smoker gets cancer they should suffer and die?
Just what I wanted to hear.

No, they should pay for their own healthcare bills and they shouldn't rely on the government or society to bail them out. It was their fault, after all.

And, it was not what you wanted to hear. It was what you wanted to say.

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My enduring personal, original quote: Many mistake what should rightly be called "passivism" for pacifism. Pacifism and passivism are COMPLETELY different.
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Ronald Reagan was not the only one to suffer from Alzheimer's Disease. America did, too.
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"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully." --President George W. Bush.
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Los Angeles voters=dumber than rocks.

Haha, right there I guess. I agree with his opinion. If smokers insist on smoking, they should pay for their own mistakes.

My belief is that it should be illegal to make your product physically addictive. Cigarettes should not be illegal, nicotine should be.

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The economic anarchy of capitalist society as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of the evil. We see before us a huge community of producers the members of which are unceasingly striving to deprive each other of the fruits of their collective labour...I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy, accompanied by an educational system which would be oriented toward social goals.
- Albert Einstein

I think there should be increased taxes on cigarettes to cover health problems. But I don't think cigarettes should be illegal otherwise they would be like alcohol was during prohibition (prohibition didn't work very well). It should be illegal to smoke inside homes, buildings, and cars to prevent fires and fuel tank explosions.