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Principia Discordia => Apple Talk => Topic started by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 28, 2012, 03:40:44 AM

Title: Judge orders Big Tobacco to publicly admit lying
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 28, 2012, 03:40:44 AM
This is fucking amazing: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/27/tobacco-deception-judge-ruling_n_2199973.html

QuoteA federal judge on Tuesday ordered tobacco companies to publish corrective statements that say they lied about the dangers of smoking and that disclose smoking's health effects, including the death on average of 1,200 people a day.

U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler previously had said she wanted the industry to pay for corrective statements in various types of advertisements. But Tuesday's ruling is the first time she's laid out what the statements will say.

Each corrective ad is to be prefaced by a statement that a federal court has concluded that the defendant tobacco companies "deliberately deceived the American public about the health effects of smoking." Among the required statements are that smoking kills more people than murder, AIDS, suicide, drugs, car crashes and alcohol combined, and that "secondhand smoke kills over 3,000 Americans a year."

This actually gives me hope.
Title: Re: Judge orders Big Tobacco to publicly admit lying
Post by: Phox on November 28, 2012, 06:59:49 AM
Quote from: FROTISTED FUDGE CAK on November 28, 2012, 03:40:44 AM
This is fucking amazing: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/27/tobacco-deception-judge-ruling_n_2199973.html

QuoteA federal judge on Tuesday ordered tobacco companies to publish corrective statements that say they lied about the dangers of smoking and that disclose smoking's health effects, including the death on average of 1,200 people a day.

U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler previously had said she wanted the industry to pay for corrective statements in various types of advertisements. But Tuesday's ruling is the first time she's laid out what the statements will say.

Each corrective ad is to be prefaced by a statement that a federal court has concluded that the defendant tobacco companies "deliberately deceived the American public about the health effects of smoking." Among the required statements are that smoking kills more people than murder, AIDS, suicide, drugs, car crashes and alcohol combined, and that "secondhand smoke kills over 3,000 Americans a year."

This actually gives me hope.
Holy fuck. Never thought that would happen.  :lulz: :lulz:
Title: Re: Judge orders Big Tobacco to publicly admit lying
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 28, 2012, 03:41:36 PM
Quote from: Doktor D. Jennifer Phox on November 28, 2012, 06:59:49 AM
Quote from: FROTISTED FUDGE CAK on November 28, 2012, 03:40:44 AM
This is fucking amazing: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/27/tobacco-deception-judge-ruling_n_2199973.html

QuoteA federal judge on Tuesday ordered tobacco companies to publish corrective statements that say they lied about the dangers of smoking and that disclose smoking's health effects, including the death on average of 1,200 people a day.

U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler previously had said she wanted the industry to pay for corrective statements in various types of advertisements. But Tuesday's ruling is the first time she's laid out what the statements will say.

Each corrective ad is to be prefaced by a statement that a federal court has concluded that the defendant tobacco companies "deliberately deceived the American public about the health effects of smoking." Among the required statements are that smoking kills more people than murder, AIDS, suicide, drugs, car crashes and alcohol combined, and that "secondhand smoke kills over 3,000 Americans a year."

This actually gives me hope.
Holy fuck. Never thought that would happen.  :lulz: :lulz:

Yeah, it's the kind of thing I only ever expect to see in those Socialist countries that give a fuck about their populace.
Title: Re: Judge orders Big Tobacco to publicly admit lying
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on November 28, 2012, 04:05:07 PM
Quote from: FROTISTED FUDGE CAK on November 28, 2012, 03:41:36 PM
Quote from: Doktor D. Jennifer Phox on November 28, 2012, 06:59:49 AM
Quote from: FROTISTED FUDGE CAK on November 28, 2012, 03:40:44 AM
This is fucking amazing: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/27/tobacco-deception-judge-ruling_n_2199973.html

QuoteA federal judge on Tuesday ordered tobacco companies to publish corrective statements that say they lied about the dangers of smoking and that disclose smoking's health effects, including the death on average of 1,200 people a day.

U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler previously had said she wanted the industry to pay for corrective statements in various types of advertisements. But Tuesday's ruling is the first time she's laid out what the statements will say.

Each corrective ad is to be prefaced by a statement that a federal court has concluded that the defendant tobacco companies "deliberately deceived the American public about the health effects of smoking." Among the required statements are that smoking kills more people than murder, AIDS, suicide, drugs, car crashes and alcohol combined, and that "secondhand smoke kills over 3,000 Americans a year."

This actually gives me hope.
Holy fuck. Never thought that would happen.  :lulz: :lulz:

Yeah, it's the kind of thing I only ever expect to see in those Socialist countries that give a fuck about their populace.

Coming soon:

Judge dies of unexpected heart attack

or just

Judge involved in scandal; denies everything
Title: Re: Judge orders Big Tobacco to publicly admit lying
Post by: Anna Mae Bollocks on November 28, 2012, 06:32:38 PM
Yep. Horrible Truth(TM) will prevail.
Title: Re: Judge orders Big Tobacco to publicly admit lying
Post by: Cain on November 28, 2012, 06:40:03 PM
Or, more likely, Judge orders Big Tobacco to stop lying about lying and Judge orders Big Tobacco to stop lying about lying about lying and Legal System Implodes due to dangerous levels of Meta.
Title: Re: Judge orders Big Tobacco to publicly admit lying
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on November 29, 2012, 03:37:42 AM
 :lulz: