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   J. Clarke wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   > leszek.karlik@gmail.com says...   
   > > J. Clarke wrote:   
   > >   
   > > [...]   
   > > > "Entrenched wealth"? The big problem is not "entrenched wealth" fighting   
   > > > "change", it's the greenies acting as pimples on the collective ass of   
   > > > progress.   
   > >   
   > > Giant petroleum corporations are funding media campaigns which sow   
   > > doubt concerning global warming,   
   >   
   > They are?  Please provide us an example of such a "media campaign"   
   > funded by "giant petroleum companies".   
   >   
   > > just like earlier giant tobacco   
   > > companies were funding media campaigns casting doubt on the idea   
   > > that tobacco causes lung cancer.   
   >   
   > Please provide us an example of that as well.  I keep hearing about   
   > these "cigarettes are good for you" ads, but I never saw one when I was   
   > growing up and never had any notion that smoking was healthy.   
      
   I don't know about adverts with smoking being healthy, but there were   
   certainly plenty of adverts that made it look "cool".   
      
      
      
   > There were some in the '30s and '40s that suggested some benefits but   
   > that was before any link between smoking and cancer was announced.   
      
   The tobacco companies knew somiking was addictive from the start. Even   
   after the health issues were brought up they actively tried to discount   
   all the proof and are *still* actively trying to stop any law changes   
   which will cause their greedy profits to disappear. The people running   
   such companies are simply greedy, selfish scumbags.   
      
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