Re: TAN - Are TV ads effective?

On 11/11/03 11:28, in article [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Susan
Barnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I don't have any great love for the tobacco companies but these lawsuits
> brought by people who say they didn't know that cigarettes caused cancer and
> heart disease just make me sick! You'd have to have been living under a rock
> not to know that smoking cigarettes can kill you -- it's on every pack, in
> every ad and it's taught in every school health class. Those lawsuits are
> just a case of someone not taking responsibility for their own behavior, and
> wanting someone else to pay when they get sick.
> 
> Susan

Those are nothing compared to people who are now suing fast food chains
because the are obese, and groups are backing them up. Hello, if you eat
nearly every day at one of these places it is no one's fault but your own.
The fast food establishments did not put a gun to your head and did not
subsequently force you to eat at their restaurants every day.