tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post6583144176579940247..comments2023-10-17T15:56:22.827+01:00Comments on Velvet Glove, Iron Fist: The easiest thing in the whole worldChristopher Snowdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-76306628241106380972012-03-08T14:01:43.130+00:002012-03-08T14:01:43.130+00:00That is a laugh-out-loud bar chart. How often do y...That is a laugh-out-loud bar chart. How often do you see one of those?James McEvoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12444933046643927318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-76105586446650746292012-03-02T08:27:28.102+00:002012-03-02T08:27:28.102+00:00Brain surgery is harder than rocket science?
http...Brain surgery is harder than rocket science?<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGCMtk695Cgftumchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-56842910085043704102012-03-02T01:30:52.269+00:002012-03-02T01:30:52.269+00:003
If that wasn’t disturbing enough, this should be...3<br />If that wasn’t disturbing enough, this should be:<br /><br /><i>“Professor Rick Shine, from the School of Biological Sciences, Professor Simon Chapman from the School of Public Health and Professor Michael Kidd from the Faculty of Medicine have been named in the top 100 most influential people in Sydney by the Sydney Morning Herald'sthe (sydney) magazine.<br />The list of Sydney's top 100 most influential people was released on 11 December 2008 in a special edition of the (sydney) magazine.”</i><br />Do NOT add www. to sydney.edu.au/news/84.html?newsstoryid=2925<br /><br /><b>The blind leading the blind!</b>Mag3noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-40701483390986301482012-03-02T01:28:07.093+00:002012-03-02T01:28:07.093+00:002
New South Wales, Australia, is now pushing for o...2<br />New South Wales, Australia, is now pushing for outdoor smoking bans. Crapman’s University of Sydney has banned smoking on campus, save four designated smoking areas that are close to the perimeter of the university anyway.<br /><br />In this article, Crapman reiterates his position that he does not support outdoor bans except in al-fresco dining areas. He certainly does not support bans that effectively stamp out smoking on an entire university campus. Although he does not agree with such bans, he does not question the mental state of those proposing/instituting such bans, i.e., bigotry. He spends most of the article reinforcing TC propaganda, e.g., “no safe level”. And, of course, Crapman has to indulge in his incoherent analogies:<br /><i>“Someone smoking next to me while I eat lunch outdoors is not going to really harm me, but the imposition is unpleasant in the same way as loud music away from music venues or dog faeces underfoot.”</i><br />Add www. to theage.com.au/opinion/politics/why-even-wowsers-argue-about-smoke-bans-20120222-1to4x.html#ixzz1nD5K0cJ3<br /><br />Now here’s the thing. While Crapman claims he does not support university-wide bans in particular, he is, again, lying. This is an [Australian] advocacy manual for instituting smoking bans at universities, beginning with a few [inconvenient] designated smoking areas, eventually followed by a complete smoking ban on the entire campus. Lo and behold, there’s Crapman’s signature to the plan (p.2).<br /><b>Guide For A Tobacco Free Campus</b><br />Add www. to ashaust.org.au/pdfs/TFcampusGuideAus09.pdfMag1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-12434338686079853762012-03-02T01:23:11.799+00:002012-03-02T01:23:11.799+00:001
Ah, indeed, the incessant bleating and blatherin...1<br />Ah, indeed, the incessant bleating and blathering of Simon Crapman, a prime “mover and shaker” in the Tobacco Control cesspool – “Leader of the Crap”, crapologist extraordinaire. As Crapman uncomfortably sits on some debris aimlessly floating around the poo pond, all sorts of stinky ideas emanate from his croaky eminence, e.g., “denormalization is dandy, ribbit”, “plain packaging will reduce smoking, ribbit”, “I am gr8, ribbit”.<br /><br />Crapman, like his fanatical peers and predecessors, suffers a “god complex” and is a pathological liar for the “cause”. Crapman’s “forte” is <i>argumentum ad incoherent analogy</i>. Crapman has made significant contributions to the TC cesspool. Who can forget the Chapman Trick that has been used incessantly over the last few decades? But let’s consider one of Crapman’s recent rants.Magnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-85673067042496987472012-03-01T15:55:50.017+00:002012-03-01T15:55:50.017+00:00Being a Spirit Level-sympathising pinko, I would l...Being a Spirit Level-sympathising pinko, I would love this post to be less hilarious and point-blank accurate than it is. (Curse you, Ken Macleod, for leading me here!) My only caveat relates to sociology, which you've misfiled - I can assure you that it's <b>not</b> easy like Sunday morning. (Easier than Rubik's cube, I'll give you.)Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07009879034507926661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-18635869794045029892012-03-01T14:31:27.878+00:002012-03-01T14:31:27.878+00:00Chapman to be taken seriously one would have to be...Chapman to be taken seriously one would have to be irrational and moronic.........Perhaps its a mental disease to believe Chapmans claims at all!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-50156537959132417892012-03-01T13:56:12.504+00:002012-03-01T13:56:12.504+00:00Questioner: How accurately can you recreate Tolsto...Questioner: How accurately can you recreate Tolstoy's War and Peace by copying it out by hand with pen and paper?<br /><br />(thinks; if I am extremely diligent and check spelling, etc): 100%<br /><br />Questioner: great! 100% easy! It couldn't be any easier!!!<br /><br />Me: clown.<br /><br />In my experience, 'Progressives' are extremely prone to even basic logical fallacies. Ironic really as they are the ones normally yelling about science.Robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-67262366687534459012012-03-01T13:31:58.756+00:002012-03-01T13:31:58.756+00:00Awesome. And by the way, I'm counterfeiting Si...Awesome. And by the way, I'm counterfeiting Simon Chapman right now. While it's not 100% easy, it's never that difficult to make an arse out of yourself.Jaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-20662529565723670202012-03-01T13:18:12.001+00:002012-03-01T13:18:12.001+00:00LOL. I too am cyberstalked by Chapman. I decided...LOL. I too am cyberstalked by Chapman. I decided to start replying (baiting) to see if I could get a good post out of it too.<br /><br />You left "author paper suitable for Tobacco Control" off your scale. Not 100% easy for sure, but easier than trousers. I'll bet your six-month-old could not do it; it took my kid til he was 15 months to be able to pull it off (I assume you have seen the latest EP-ology post).Carl V Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01919902852457771666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-28672224090458174442012-03-01T13:00:15.555+00:002012-03-01T13:00:15.555+00:00Excellent post!
I just loved your graph!Excellent post!<br /><br />I just loved your graph!Barmanhttp://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/index.phpnoreply@blogger.com