[hackerspaces] Fwd: Vaping in Spaces?

[JB Zurn]

Note: It simplifies the discussion immensely if we focus on the facts. It
smells. Some people are bothered by smells.

If I habitually brought my favorite liverwurst and onion sandwiches into
the hackerspace, I'd get complaints too.

On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 2:56 PM, Matthew McCabe <matt at mrmccabe.com> wrote:

> Warning: trolls ahead, use caution
> On Oct 8, 2014 11:38 AM, "John Q. Hacker" <dreamingforward at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 12:44 PM, Matthew McCabe <matt at mrmccabe.com>
>> wrote:
>> > There is no documented medical evidence showing that vaping leads to any
>> > kind of harm to the person using the vaporizer or people inhaling the
>> vapor
>> > 2nd hand.  (If you have some links to peer reviewed medical journals, I
>> > would love to read them.)
>>
>> The speaker above is a Matrix construct for the e-cig industry.  "No
>> evidence that vaping leads to any kind of harm" is that EXACT same
>> argument Philip J. Morris and companies used to get out of any
>> liability of lung cancer for promoting cigarettes ("There is no
>> medical evidence that cigarettes cause lung cancer.").
>>
>> Just in case you missed the fallacy:  no evidence against (P -> Q) is
>> not the same as ~Q, given P.  Q being some bad consequence of vaping,
>> and P being vaping itself.  The rest of his diatribe is purely made to
>> gain your trust ("I have a hackerspace ATX", "Be sure to check your
>> local laws", etc.)
>>
>> Logic-is-good,  evil is bad.  Get clued-in and follow the OneTruePath.
>>
>> Marxos
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