Dare to be different and learn to be lonely

News that's been on my mind this week:

Cigarette makers lose appeal in landmark case
By NEDRA PICKLER - Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal appeals court on Friday agreed with the major elements of a 2006 landmark ruling that found the nation's top tobacco companies guilty of racketeering and fraud for deceiving the public about the dangers of smoking.
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"The government presented evidence from the 1950s and continuing through the following decades demonstrating that the defendant manufacturers were aware - increasingly so as they conducted more research - that smoking causes disease, including lung cancer," the appeals court wrote in a 92-page opinion.

The government also argued the manufacturers lied about the dangers of secondhand smoke, manipulated cigarettes to maintain addiction, intentionally marketed to youth and destroyed documents to hide the dangers and protect themselves in litigation. (Source)

Similar stories that use bigger words:
U.S. appeals court agrees tobacco companies lied
U.S. court upholds ruling that tobacco companies deceived public

I have a lot of thoughts about this, but I'm too tired of explaining over and over again, so I'm just going to sit back and enjoy being right.

Do you remember how to open the Monsterbook of Monsters? I didn't know I needed to use the same technique on that nifty Ipod I was given. I tried to push the buttons, clicking like a madwoman while cursing and getting dangerously close to throwing the damn thing away. I spent most of my weekend figuring this out: to make it work, I need to stroke it gently. Lesson learned.

I'm bored. Hanging-on-the-couch-and-do-nothing-bored. So I just forced myself to get up and post something. Anything.

There was a discussion on tv about whether Deep Throat can be shown on public television. Two tv-organisations plan to show that porn-classic on February 23, right after a special edition of 'Spuiten & Slikken' (Shoot-up and Swallow) - a (regular) live talkshow for young adults about sexuality and drugs. The idea is to have an educational and informative talk about porn beforehand.
The Christian party in parliament wants to put a stop to the plan. I think they will fail. Because politicians are not the ones that decide what is shown on tv.
I'm not sure if I want to see it, but as you know I'm against censorship and prefer people to make up their own mind. I wonder if they have the documentary Inside Deep Throat planned as well. From what I've read about it, it puts the original film in quite a different perspective.

At the moment I have something entirely different on in the background: a program inspired by the movie '40 Days and 40 Nights'. A group of young adults has pledged to go without sex for that amount of time. That's including masturbation. Oh dear, I think someone failed. Quelle surprise.