The US isn't the only backward place

This turned up in my daily check of the newspapers.

Kinda sticks in my craw.

Now, according to birthright rules, I'm a Greek citizen. But throughout the process, nobody asked me to swear any oaths of fealty, and ... well, there are parts of the Greek constitution that I can't dedicate myself to. Specifically Article 3.

Here's the full Constitution.

Oh, and incidentally, the only place marriage even gets a mention, despite the claims of the people quoted in the news article, is in Article 21, which is somewhat vague about things. I wouldn't support a narrow interpretation if it were me.

But then, nobody's asking me.

Bugging me: cancer risks of smoking and x-rays

Having been through a large battery of medical tests sparked by a legally mandated chest X-ray, and having had my body photographed by X-rays a number of times in the last month, I'm trying to remember: didn't someone, somewhere, run a comparison between a chest X-ray and X number of cigarettes, concerning the likelihood of causing cancer?

I suppose I'm getting morbid, but I keep wondering how much time got shaved off my life from all the zapping. (And how many cigarettes I just smoked, which is depressing considering I'm a rather vehement non-smoker...)