# Now public health and safety is being debated about,  just as if its a political belief?

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**Created:** [February 4, 2015, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-public-health-and-safety-is-being-debated-about-just-as-if-its-a-political-belief/711830 "2015-02-04T19:18:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-public-health-and-safety-is-being-debated-about-just-as-if-its-a-political-belief/711830/61 "2015-02-05T06:55:03Z")

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> [@Terr](#):
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> Only if you _really really_ want it to imply causation.

After reading this, I think Terr is an imbecile.

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**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2015, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-public-health-and-safety-is-being-debated-about-just-as-if-its-a-political-belief/711830/62 "2015-02-05T06:58:13Z")

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> [@Terr](#):
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> Rand Paul, explicitly, said that he did not imply causation.

I’ll try again: strictly, your sentence here Terr, is absolutely correct. Rand Paul did indeed, unequivocally and without a doubt, say that his earlier statement was not implying causation.

Now, let’s see if you can understand another very simple sentence:

He was _lying_.

Understand?

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