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Old 08-22-2005, 01:04 AM   #9
Cyclefrance
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Join Date: Aug 2005
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Originally Posted by OnyxCougar
Since there are flameless ways to light cigarettes, I would have argued, as the prosecution, that the defendant could take advantage of those devices and therefore maintain his rights to smoke.

Sheesh.
And of course we still have the situation of people asking others for a light which generally works quite well and once the cigarette of the arsonist is lit, well....

The whole thing is crazy and the fact that we have a Human Rights law that is used to argue the case instead of the 'he can get a light anyway' approach doesn't improve matters one bit
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