tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post3217808941402005363..comments2023-10-17T15:56:22.827+01:00Comments on Velvet Glove, Iron Fist: 2040 visionChristopher Snowdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-9338178766000636202015-03-14T19:19:46.316+00:002015-03-14T19:19:46.316+00:00Lefties really don't believe in personal agenc...Lefties <i>really</i> don't believe in personal agency, do they. The myriad prohibitionist/anti-freedom groups and individuals do their best to baffle with bullshit but the crux of their argument is always the same. (Hence the copycat 'blueprints' for prohibition and the intellectual stasis of the Left in general).<br /><br />And so right-thinking people shouldn't be drawn into their game and bat statistics back and forth with them: the response should always simply be, "It's a matter of personal choice. Now piss off."Christopher Snowdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-5453411649826182562015-03-14T14:55:45.572+00:002015-03-14T14:55:45.572+00:00Maybe these guys will help them achieve that goal:...Maybe these guys will help them achieve that goal: <br />http://m.ibtimes.com/isis-beheads-cigarette-smokers-islamic-state-deems-smoking-slow-suicide-under-sharia-1815192Christopher Snowdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-87865351220950753942015-03-14T12:19:39.533+00:002015-03-14T12:19:39.533+00:00The last time a non-smoking master race tried to r...The last time a non-smoking master race tried to rule,it failed.Christopher Snowdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-41080896766344827432015-03-14T04:18:00.492+00:002015-03-14T04:18:00.492+00:00I wish you were right, but unfortunately these peo...I wish you were right, but unfortunately these people seem to want to add tobacco to the drug war. Even though the latter has not eradicated drug use, those who use drugs are likely to end up without a job, in jail, or dead because of prohibtion. The same will happen to anyone who won't get with their program in 2040.<br /><br />I will be 69 then and am already planning to start collecting seeds to grow my own. I suggest everyone here start doing the same.Christopher Snowdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-79325170090571588872015-03-14T04:04:01.163+00:002015-03-14T04:04:01.163+00:00I would normally laugh this off. BUT, TC has gotte...I would normally laugh this off. BUT, TC has gotten its way with pretty much everything they have asked for (taxes, indoor and outdoor bans, plain packaging). They are very well funded by pharma and shitheads like Bloomberg, and this is their dream moment that they have been masturbating over for the past 20 years at least. Because of their zeal and resources at their disposal, they just might succeed where the drug warriors and booze prohibitionists have failed, <br /><br />The only thing that might stop them is governments not wanting to give up the taxes they collect from tobacco.Christopher Snowdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-30320850516470058382015-03-14T03:35:01.715+00:002015-03-14T03:35:01.715+00:00How about "A society free of public health by...How about "A society free of public health by 2016"?Christopher Snowdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-87000937304143480192015-03-14T03:12:43.654+00:002015-03-14T03:12:43.654+00:00"TOBACCO CONTROL FREE SOCIETY" Yes!"TOBACCO CONTROL FREE SOCIETY" Yes!Christopher Snowdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-3315800007783592832015-03-13T19:37:48.492+00:002015-03-13T19:37:48.492+00:00Does Ruth Malone know about this?Does Ruth Malone know about this?Christopher Snowdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-35123926596511539902015-03-13T15:16:39.565+00:002015-03-13T15:16:39.565+00:00A better idea would be a "tobacco control fre...A better idea would be a "tobacco control free" society. These moves toward total prohibition are a house of cards. The data supporting the risks of tobacco--especially the risk of second hand smoke--has significant flaws which need to be exposed.Christopher Snowdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-22175055553592367692015-03-13T11:03:42.605+00:002015-03-13T11:03:42.605+00:00Royal College of Physicians: Ending tobacco smokin...Royal College of Physicians: Ending tobacco smoking by 2025<br />http://www.politics.co.uk/opinion-formers/royal-college-of-physicians/article/royal-college-of-physicians-ending-tobacco-smoking-by-2025<br /><br /> Health ministers want tobacco-free Pacific by 2025<br />http://matangitonga.to/2014/07/16/health-ministers-want-tobacco-free-pacific-2025<br /><br /> The prohibitionist blather just goes on, and on…… and on…..Christopher Snowdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-8579409627385962742015-03-13T10:59:09.474+00:002015-03-13T10:59:09.474+00:00Endgame (prohibition)
Tobacco-free Scotland 2034...Endgame (prohibition)<br /><br /> Tobacco-free Scotland 2034<br />http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2013/03/3766/3<br /><br /> UK Could Be A 'No Smoking Nation' By 2032<br />http://news.sky.com/story/979382/uk-could-be-a-no-smoking-nation-by-2032Christopher Snowdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-22760872112958504772015-03-13T10:54:27.681+00:002015-03-13T10:54:27.681+00:00D'oj! Thanks. Have corrected. Incidentally, sh...D'oj! Thanks. Have corrected. Incidentally, she died in 1924 of throat cancer.Christopher Snowdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-38451688284607649692015-03-13T10:44:04.299+00:002015-03-13T10:44:04.299+00:001916
Lucy Page Gaston of the Anti-Cigarette League...<i> 1916<br />Lucy Page Gaston of the Anti-Cigarette League launches the slogan 'A smokeless America by 2025'.</i><br /><br /> Chris, correction required. Gaston was more ambitious than that :) She was hoping for a smokeless America by <b>19</b>25.Christopher Snowdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-57956256011507954562015-03-13T10:40:01.922+00:002015-03-13T10:40:01.922+00:00The only thing standing in their way are longstand...The only thing standing in their way are longstanding cultural practices, pesky legal hurdles, black marketeers, millions who actually enjoy tobacco use and derive benefits from it, and a growing number of people who hate their guts for the priggish overbearing scolds they are. Christopher Snowdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.com