Infinite Monkeys

All Hail the Nanny State

In Great Britain, physicians are allowed to refuse surgery to patients if they smoke. John Nuttall gets daily does of morphine for his broken ankle, but no surgery. Because he smokes.

"The bones have all calcified now - it's probably too late for surgery - but I want other smokers in my age group to know that we are being denied medical treatment and there's nothing we can do.

"We were brought up in a time when cigarette ads were everywhere. There were no warnings. We've paid our 'stamp' all our lives and now we're being shut out of the NHS."

Yes. Listen to Michael Moore, Hillary and the Breck Girl. You want the government running your health care.

And courtesy of Rush, a woman in Texas was fired because her clothing had the odor of cigarette smoke.

Yeah, I suppose the cigarette smell could have aggravated the kid's allergies, but it just struck me as a little harsh and unforgiving that she was summarily dismissed via a voicemail.

Posted by JamesPh. at September 14, 2007 09:08 PM