Florida court overrules 145-billion-dollar judgement on tobacco (Roundup)

Frisco KidJul 7th, 2006 - 06:26:46

Disgusting and typical pro-corporate judgment by the Florida Supreme Court. The tobacco cartel is composed of the most evil people on the planet, murdering and maiming millions all over the world through their legalized drup pushing. The decision to keep them in business is truly evil. The judicial system in America is crooked to the core.

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MaxJul 7th, 2006 - 07:43:38

If it's all so bad, and obviously malicious, why doesn't the government go ahead and just outlaw tobacco sales? Hint: they never will because of tax revenue.

If the tobacco companies are guilty, then government is complicit. I find it rather ironic that any level of government could launch anti-tobacco lawsuits, get awarded monetary damages, and then still continue to receive tax windfalls from the sale of the same products just as they have done for decades.

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Come nowJul 7th, 2006 - 15:19:28

Frisco: your comments are so short-sited. i too believe that big tobacco is comprised of some of the most careless, cruel, and manipulative people in the world. i would shed no tears if they went bankrupt or even if they were assasinated. but lets not forget the end user responsibilities. lets not forget that people smoke ciggerettes all over the world of different brands. lets not forget that smoking tobacco has been around long before phillip morris and the likes. phillip morris simply made a big business out of tobacco (and often did so in a very dispicable way). phillip morris is as american as business gets.

lets not be so quick to judge and view things as black and white or as you said, good and evil. the truth, or as close as one can get, is much more colorful and interesting.

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jayJul 7th, 2006 - 21:15:32

When will the public stop blaming companies for people's own addictions?

What about all the non-smokers that were ever forced to breathe the smoke from people who could not care less about anyone else, when those people in fact smoked by their own free will?

Remember a time when in a closed bus, airplane, classroom, etc, a smoker would light a cigarette and would think 'I don't care you if you don't like it'?

It's the smokers who should be sued by non-smokers.

Smokers are the evil ones.

And if they get sick, they don't get anything more than what they asked for.

Don't come why the excuse 'they did not know'... Poor innocent smokers....................

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