I’m not exactly a charming three year-old, but I must admit that on occasion my logic had been on a par with Suzi’s. For example, when I saw in a news report that the death-rate for heavy smokers is four times greater (from all causes) than it is for non-smokers, I reacted by lighting a cigarette. Psychologically, I suppose, I was saying to myself: “Jack, do you believe that statistic? What? You do? Well, buddy, don’t. Forget it. You just go ahead and light up. There —you didn’t topple over, did you? Forget it, Jack. . .. re-lax!”
My minister friend insists that many of us continue to smoke because we’re secretly afraid that some damage has already been done to our bodies, and that stopping now wouldn’t do any good.* But so long as we continue to smoke, then every puff (just as long as we can puff) denies our worries. We’re like the poor fellow who shouts “You can’t do this to me!” all the way to the death-house. He continues fervently to believe it until the current goes zzzzzzzzzz.
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