Re: tobacco sales

----- Original Message -----
From: "Capt. Ron" <strays(at)bellsouth.net>
To: <hwg-business(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 2:03 PM
Subject: Re: tobacco sales


: T. Floyd wrote:
:
: > I guess, although tobacco products are legal, I would have a small moral
: > issue with selling them at all, and I think that the age verification
issue
: > could become a huge technical/legal issue very quickly.  Would one have
to
: > use an age verification system of some sort?  That would tend to
associate
: > the vendor with porn sites, which he or she may or may not want.  Also
there
: > is the HUGE issue of remitting taxes, and the fact that the legal age to
: > purchase can vary so much from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.  Overall,
nope,
: > I don't think it would be worth the hassle.
:
: What am I missing here ?
: Why is the site designer concerned with any of this stuff ?
: If the client is asking the designer to advise him on these issues - point
the client to
: whatever division of his government is concerned with this issue, and stay
out of it.

The designer doesn't have to be concerned one bit beyond the CYA level.  I
believe the original issue concerned legal issues, but the question had been
raised of what it would take to turn down a job on moral or ethical grounds.
Personally, I'd rather sell sex than tobacco but that may just be silly old
asthmatic me with two parents dead from illnesses directly related to
smoking.  YMMV

: I'm all for a firm moral stand - unless of course you need the money :-)

AMEN!

T.Floyd
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T. Floyd
admin(at)pineloft.com
http://pineloft.com

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