We'll see who she is when she gets cancer.
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Chainsaw69 — 17 years ago(December 30, 2008 10:52 PM)
Type in wikipedia and reliability into a search engine and see what comes up. Here's just one of many articles on its reliability
http://www.wnd.com/index.php/index.php?pageId=83640
Also, try submitting a paper to a major university or college with wikipedia references throughout and see what grade you get (if they even bother grading it at all).
Yes, alcohol (such as rubbing alcohol) is useful but drinking alcohol (such as vodka and scotch) is made for enjoyment. Instead of going back and forth on the various types of drinking alcohol that can be substituted as a disinfectant you could just say whether or not you'd support prohibition laws.
I like a girl who eats & brings it up. A sassy little frassy with bulimia -
wijdan — 17 years ago(January 05, 2009 05:57 PM)
Is there something wrong with taking the time to look at sources in a particular Wikipedia article before dismissing it as unreliable? If the sources are valid than there's nothing wrong with using Wikipedia as a point of information. If you were writing a paper, you would use the sources at the bottom of the Wikipedia article as a reference, not the article itself.
I don't know of any other place where you can find such an ENORMOUS wealth of information all in one place, in several different languages, and with the ability to look at sources, edit history, the talk page, and so on. I wish people wouldn't pull out the tired, "It's not reliable" excuse. The article you mentioned is about slander of the author's Wikipedia page. I looked at it just now, it looks fine to me. I think this is the best part of the author's collumn,
(Note: Within an hour of the posting of this column, Wikipedia pulled the defamatory accusation that Farah is "a noted homosexual" from its bio. Later, most of the bio was pulled. However, the cached version still remains.)
Isn't Wikipedia great? People can edit to deface Wikipedia all they want but there is always someone who will come along and revert it back. -
cofjohn — 17 years ago(July 19, 2008 09:42 AM)
"My 3 uncles have smoked all their lives, they're getting on now and are absolutely fine."
Thats lucky, many of my family members died young from smoking-related illnesses, they had smoked all their lives as well. In fact I never even saw 2 of my grandparents because they died young (i.e. 50s) from smoking-related illnesses. And I had to watch my Grandmother smoke herself to her death at 69, she looked more like a 90 year old in her last few years. She had a pretty good diet as well.
It is possible for some people to be less affected by cigarrettes, one of my Granddads is still alive at 78 -albeit in pretty poor health, had 2 heart attacks now- but more people do suffer the consequences from a lifetime of smoking in my experience. I really hate the things with a passion. -
DeadlySinner — 17 years ago(July 20, 2008 03:07 AM)
"Blah blah blah cancer blah blah blah.
My 3 uncles have smoked all their lives, they're getting on now and are absolutely fine."
What, are you saying that cigs are completely safe and will not negatively affect you in any way?
"Why don't you make like the bass guitar and be inaudible? -
xx_frostique — 17 years ago(July 19, 2008 12:51 PM)
Well I don't know why everyone on here is so disgusted and shocked by the fact that she smokes. I mean sure, it's bad for you and everyone around you but in the modeling world smoking is no big deal and almost ALL the models smoke.
http://rocketrend.wordpress.com/2007/08/29/models-who-smoke/
Just a short list. A lot of those girls are considered the best of the best.
They do it to keep their weight down. And also because 3/4 of their day is just waiting - waiting for hair and makeup, waiting for your turn, waiting for the technical crew to finish up. -
BlackJack_B — 17 years ago(July 19, 2008 01:00 PM)
Sadly, that is why so many young girls take up smoking. It might be because of peer pressure, it might be because of stress, it might be for that claim that smoking suppresses appetite but it can also be because of those women listed. Lots of girls want something in common with these supermodels and smoking is the easiest route to that end.
I just think 4 packs a day is way too much. Hey, it's her life. She seems to be intent on being the female Keith Richards of England. -
vaseleos0 — 17 years ago(July 19, 2008 01:38 PM)
xx_frostique, you can control your weight without smoking and you can do other things while waiting.
of course it is a big deal. it's a bad habit. also a lot of girls consider them as their role models/idols. we don't need these. -
butterflymetamorfose — 17 years ago(July 19, 2008 01:41 PM)
Thanks for this site
Just for a matter of curiosity
There's a supermodel who stoped smoking few years ago Gisele Bundchen, since 2004 she claims to be an ex-smoker
In an interview Gisele said: "I started smoking when I was 16 because everyone else is doing it and it was pretty cool. Many years later, I've lost three people from my family because of cancer so I decided to stop. I'm young so my lungs can recover. Since I stoped smoking, I've been eating more because the food tastes so much better and got few pounds"