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> # I was on the airplane coming over here. It's a non-smoking plane - get this, right? No smoking, but they allow children. Hmmm. 'Well, smoking bothers me.' Well, guess what :?

[Bill Hicks](https://quotesby.net/Bill-Hicks)\#90

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## About this quote

What does it mean?The speaker points out the inconsistency of allowing children on planes while banning smoking.In plain termsIf smoking is bad for health, why are children allowed on the same plane?What can you take from it?Rules often have inconsistencies regarding health and safety.

### Where it applies

- travel
- health debate

### Putting it to work

- analyze regulation logic
- question safety rules

### Questions to consider

- Why do we regulate some risks but not others?
- How do we define safety?

### Another view

The comparison between smoke and children is logically flawed.

## More from Bill Hicks

1. > I am a comedian and poet, so anything that doesn't get a laugh : is a poem.

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2. > Watching television is like taking black spray paint to your third eye.

[Permalink to quote \#91](https://quotesby.net/Bill-Hicks/91/ "Permalink to quote 91")
3. > I have a scoop for you. I stole his act. I camouflaged it with punchlines, and to really throw people off, I did it before he did.

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