Cigarettes are probably the most deadly drug in the world. It is harder to break the addiction to nicotine than it is heroine and most modern cigarettes contain thousands of chemicals and hundreds of carcinogens. Watch "The Truth" commercials and see me points.

Cigarettes are legal because the US makes massive BILLIONS of dollars off the industry... and money runs the west.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/25/AR2006052501729.htmlhttp://www.webmd.com/content/article/23/1728_57309Caffeine_Trip

Interesting, I had no idea.  DARE fails me again.

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[QUOTE="ConManWithGun"]actually weed is safer than ciggarettes, weed has never technically killed someonekilltactics

And cigarettes have? Both simply create long-term unwanted degenerations of the lungs, mouth and throat. Since weed is normally unfiltered, weed smoke is normally way worse for you than the well-filtered cigarettes. Not that either is remotely close to being good for you.

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[QUOTE="ConManWithGun"]actually weed is safer than ciggarettes, weed has never technically killed someonechimpiki

And cigarettes have? Both simply create long-term unwanted degenerations of the lungs, mouth and throat. Since weed is normally unfiltered, weed smoke is normally way worse for you than the well-filtered cigarettes. Not that either is remotely close to being good for you.

actually weed is safer than ciggarettes, weed has never technically killed someoneConManWithGun

And cigarettes have? Both simply create long-term unwanted degenerations of the lungs, mouth and throat. Since weed is normally unfiltered, weed smoke is normally way worse for you than the well-filtered cigarettes. Not that either is remotely close to being good for you.

Cigarettes are not around to be used as population control.  Cigarettes are still around because:

• The agricultural tobacco industry in America would collapse otherwise.  Tens of thousands would be out of jobs and it would really be an economic disaster.  Entire primary, secondary and tertiary industries would be out of luck (from the farms, to transporting the tobacco, to the cigarette plants, to the convenience stores who make more than 50% of their profit on tobacco sales).  Can you say riots?
• People have the right to smoke, there would be tons of legal cases counteracting the government's decision
• The taxes that the government receives from tobacco sales are immense.  They aren't going to let go of that money

Besides, did Prohibition work?  Once people have a taste for something they're not just going to let it go, especially something as addictive as cigarettes.  A cigarette prohibition would simply lead to massive black market tobacco dealings, and this would lead to more crime.

It's illogical to smoke cigarettes, but even more so to make them illegal.

Pretty disapointing. To be honest, it wouldn't upset me one bit if this game got a score as low as a 7.0. I can name 15 things that makes the game horrible to me.FPSjohn

Metroid Prime is the obvious choice for me.  The best game ever made, quite simply.  Graphics, audio, level design, controls and gameplay are all simply amazing.  I've never played a better game.

Contenders:  Baten Kaitos, Wind Waker, Resident Evil 4, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, Pikmin 2, Super Smash Bros., Tales of Symphonia, Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes

The 'Cube had some damn fine games.  It's a shame to see it go.

[QUOTE="LordAndrew"][QUOTE="MAILER_DAEMON"]Oh, and LordAndrew, I've been posting here since 2003, and moderating here since April 2005.:wink:
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And insulting a Mod results in a swift, clean beheading, no questions asked.  You got lucky, LordAndrew, reeeeaal lucky.

And I like this idea.  If "rate my collection"  are no more, then people will hopefully be more encouraged to actually make discussion.