Legal but Harmful Products In the passage, Coffman presents the argument that since Tobacco companies are paying financial settlements and manufacturers of other legal but harmful products should also pay financial settlements in return for the problem the product causes. Coffman raises the question of should other manufacturers/companies pay fines for the detriment affect of other legal but harmful products. Coffman assumes that manufacturers of other legal but harmful products should be required to pay fines just like Tobacco companies are. In other words, Coffman holds the position that manufacturers of other legal but harmful product should be held responsible for the detriment affects of their products. I more disagree that companies should be responsible for the legal but harmful products or action but somewhat agree a little that some should take responsibility. …show more content…
Technology is used everyday but using it too much can become a problem. Forms of technology are television, phones, computer/internet, and game systems. An impact of all these is that is can be a form of distraction to the person. For instance, game system and the internet can distract a student from doing their school work. Adding on, once a student get distracted constantly due to technology is can affect how they do in school. Another impact is it can isolate the person from their family/friends and then they do not become a gregarious person anymore. Isolating people does nothing and can also push people away. The people, I believe is responsible for this is the person using the forms of technology and/or the consumer of the products. I believe this because the person using it consuming it should know what it will do and they chose to use it a lot. Therefore, technology is a legal but harmful product and the consumers are responsible for the