tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post7262611132734082813..comments2023-10-17T15:56:22.827+01:00Comments on Velvet Glove, Iron Fist: BBC in cahoots with Big Tobacco, suspects raving lunaticChristopher Snowdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-13324346858912088172012-02-11T20:48:21.579+00:002012-02-11T20:48:21.579+00:00I've got a son 12 months old and I too was ups...I've got a son 12 months old and I too was upset at the use of the words "childish" and "infantile".Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03655694351271193881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-73255983398022644562012-02-11T03:27:26.053+00:002012-02-11T03:27:26.053+00:00@ anonymous who posted 2/10/12 at 13:04 re: name c...@ anonymous who posted 2/10/12 at 13:04 re: name calling.<br />Since you seem to be a person sensitive to the feelings of others, especially those dealing with mental health I just have to say this: I have a twenty-six year old son who must have some sort of mental problem cuz he refuses to grow up! He has the emotional and mental maturity of a four year old; and when you used the slurs(that's what they were, slurs) of "infantile" &"childish"....well it really hit a nerve and just....well, it really hurt my feelings!Thin-Skinnednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-81700847041292424612012-02-11T00:25:28.215+00:002012-02-11T00:25:28.215+00:00Do you have a contact form anywhere on this blog? ...Do you have a contact form anywhere on this blog? Great post but I have some questions about the ban in general as well as your blog. Might have a proposition. Give me a heads up. dliautaud@findthebest.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-33318485833170352802012-02-10T20:36:00.117+00:002012-02-10T20:36:00.117+00:00In response to Jay - good post, but doubt very muc...In response to Jay - good post, but doubt very much if it will make it onto the site. Curious isn't it that 1) the site really doesn't seem to attract many comments and 2) when it does, such comments are inevitably fawning as seem to be the case in this instance!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-11094455916076096392012-02-10T19:38:53.927+00:002012-02-10T19:38:53.927+00:00If Glantz posts illogical rants and sounds like he...If Glantz posts illogical rants and sounds like he's sitting at the keyboard spitting venom when he writes them, by looking at how he puts the words together, then it's worth criticism and it's not name-calling in my opinion, just someone telling the truth of the matter - that he sounds like he's gone mad. Glantz is not above cricisim, nor is UCSF.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-2965154871951529472012-02-10T18:17:36.614+00:002012-02-10T18:17:36.614+00:00Well, I just posted a comment on that blog, but so...Well, I just posted a comment on that blog, but somehow I doubt it will make it past moderation and show up on the site. So, in consideration of that likely scenario, the comment I posted was:<br /><br />"Wow! This is absolutely outrageous! We should also consider the viewers being exposed to televised second-hand smoke, which, as you know, sir, is at least 50 times more dangerous than real second-hand smoke. /sarcasm"Jayhttp://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/14103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-62828825715020805822012-02-10T14:25:56.459+00:002012-02-10T14:25:56.459+00:00You can play the game of how long you can put up w...You can play the game of how long you can put up with Stan droning on before reaching for the shot gun and doing away with your self.<br /><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/7072580" rel="nofollow"> here </a><br /><br />I only lasted a couple of minutes and I am now proper dead.Fredrik Eichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09985306468872702882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-20444410423913669862012-02-10T13:28:25.173+00:002012-02-10T13:28:25.173+00:00Yes Chris, find out the correct medical terms to d...Yes Chris, find out the correct medical terms to describe exactly what part of Fruitcakeshire Stan is living in.Jonathan Bagleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17331501151709216753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-77372899635985244642012-02-10T13:04:47.265+00:002012-02-10T13:04:47.265+00:00Maybe we could ease up a little on the 'nurse!...Maybe we could ease up a little on the 'nurse!', 'insane', 'madness', 'mental health' ad hominem attacks.<br /><br />A true libertarian understands how many innocent people are dealing with lifelong trauma from being forced into the mental system in real life. I don't like to read this infantile name spewing from someone I respect so much. I do respect Snowdon's work. I just think he can do better than the base name calling on display here. It is childish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-90696977277256634462012-02-10T12:16:58.137+00:002012-02-10T12:16:58.137+00:00More interesting than Stan's madness is the im...More interesting than Stan's madness is the implicit admission by the Welsh Government that any effects of passive smoking are negligible. It is ssuggesting that film crews can subject themselves to tobacco smoke during the course of their work. Stan's worries are well founded. Why should workers in the hospitality industry be treated differently to film crew? By even having a consultatation, The Welsh Government has completely destroyed the credibility of its smoking ban - remember it was brought in solely to protect employees. Its hypocrisy is breathtaking and if this proposal become law, prosecuting pubs which allowed smoking, and which are staffed only by their owners, would be widely seen as comical - not just by those of us who read these blogs, but by a much wider section of the public.Jonathan Bagleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17331501151709216753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-8274704915197725092012-02-10T10:07:47.633+00:002012-02-10T10:07:47.633+00:00JJ, thanks - corrected.
Mark - indeed it is true,...JJ, thanks - corrected.<br /><br />Mark - indeed it is true, as Glantz never stops saying, but you'd have to be bonkers to think there is an arrangement with the BBCChristopher Snowdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-9780603559545407122012-02-10T09:52:28.218+00:002012-02-10T09:52:28.218+00:00"there is a long history of collaboration bet..."there is a long history of collaboration between Big Tobacco and the movie industry"<br /><br />This claim is not entirely untrue, they mentioned it in that TV programme in which you appeared.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-89535145788443232322012-02-10T06:48:26.622+00:002012-02-10T06:48:26.622+00:00Sorry to be pedantic: That's not quit [sic] tr...Sorry to be pedantic: That's not <b>quit</b> [sic] true, is it now?JJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05239651363530826401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-50503594817530656702012-02-10T06:14:39.198+00:002012-02-10T06:14:39.198+00:00Hey, instead of just wondering if someone at the B...Hey, instead of just wondering if someone at the BBC happens to stumble onto Glantz's rantz, why not send a copy to...whoever's in charge there, along with a note asking if they still want to feature this guy as a competent expert on stories about smoke.<br /><br />WaltAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-5390038727984209852012-02-10T05:28:26.591+00:002012-02-10T05:28:26.591+00:00Hmm, sounds like Stanton's been hitting the mi...Hmm, sounds like Stanton's been hitting the mind altering prescription drugs a little too much lately. Maybe those are freebies he gets for being a pharmaceutical lackey, but he might make better sense in his babblings and be more acute in his thinking if he were approached by Big Tobacco which offered him some of their mental enabling and alertness wares instead - to counteract all the heavy drug treatments which he probably obtains from his sponsors. Wouldn't it be a hoot if Glantz ends up with Alzheimers (he's showing the early stages) or else goes insane, well before old age, but is then forced to live a super long physical existence here on earth, but with someone in attendance to change his nappies, feed and burp him. Of course, had he been a smoker, all that tobacco might have kept some of that from happening, if he is going Alzheimer's at this point.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-36971558833125137462012-02-10T02:32:16.307+00:002012-02-10T02:32:16.307+00:00A trip to a non-smoking restaraunt with the fine p...A trip to a non-smoking restaraunt with the fine paid in advance just bring your own ashtray. Might even consider a smoke in at some posh london eatery while your at it! Get us some coverage!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-81685727215577876302012-02-10T02:01:42.995+00:002012-02-10T02:01:42.995+00:00Are we really to believe that the BBC has ignore [...<i>Are we really to believe that the BBC has ignore [sic] the fact that it just opened a major new production center in Cardiff, Wales to take advantage of lower labor costs that exist in London just so they can favor actors [sic] generate secondhand smoke? I think not.</i><br /><br /><i>A prize to anyone who can explain what the hell he's babbling about.</i><br /><br />This is one of Stan’s easier ones.<br />He’s saying that Cardiff and London generate the same secondhand smoke. Wales is not happy with actors, so, ignoring lower labor costs, the BBC has just opened a major new production center favoring secondhand actors – from Wales (this is the only blurry bit). But is the BBC to be believed that they have opened a new production center? Does it really exist? I (Stan) think not.<br /><br />There! What’s the prize, Chris? :)Magnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-18891208334645453582012-02-10T01:44:19.123+00:002012-02-10T01:44:19.123+00:00“What do you no, any ways. How can be BЪC poison a...“What do you no, any ways. How can be BЪC poison actors ignoring the tobacco industry?<br />The shadows get bigger an big, then bigger still. The shadow industry has always<br />lobby for actor. Who…<i>peep</i>….. can they think when the poison smoke comes?<br />If I was in charged, them come say why. Why Я them smoke? Me tell – saying wally-wally no more<br />shadow poisoning the cake. If I take cake.”<br /><br />S. GlantzMagnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-52379146893694015602012-02-10T00:53:12.560+00:002012-02-10T00:53:12.560+00:00I think there's money in it for researchers wh...I think there's money in it for researchers who can investigate Smokerphobia as a mental health condition and mega bucks for Big Pharma in designing a drug to keep it under control.Pat Nurse MAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01591807335364002658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-89812735784561842322012-02-10T00:47:36.672+00:002012-02-10T00:47:36.672+00:00well its just scary that people like him are allow...well its just scary that people like him are allowed to roam free.HITMANnoreply@blogger.com