On Jun 15, 9:45*pm, Bryan > wrote:
> On Jun 15, 8:29*pm, George M. Middius > wrote:
>
> > Bryan wrote:
> > > Crisco-type shortenings have killed more people than any other thing
> > > people deliberately consume other than tobacco, or possibly alcohol.
>
> > That claim sounds outlandish. Do you believe Crisco gets caught in
> > people's windpipes, causing them to suffocate?
>
> No, it gets caught in people's arteries, causing them to die from
> coronary artery disease, high blood pressure and stroke. *Tobacco
> doesn't kill in the short term either.
>
> --Bryan

You're gonna die of something so you may as well stop worrying about
whether something is bad for you. Whether you live to be 58 or 98, in
the grand scheme of things it doesn't matter.