tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post6284435831287562521..comments2023-10-17T15:56:22.827+01:00Comments on Velvet Glove, Iron Fist: Ban everythingChristopher Snowdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-19342272656753033312013-02-28T19:23:58.459+00:002013-02-28T19:23:58.459+00:00Gawd, DP, and I bet they will be horsemeat doner k...Gawd, DP, and I bet they will be <i>horsemeat</i> doner kebabs, too. nisakimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563041282703559939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-675868659677555942013-02-28T19:00:03.432+00:002013-02-28T19:00:03.432+00:00Nisakiman: "Ah, but it's a tried and test...Nisakiman: "Ah, but it's a tried and tested method."<br /><br />If you drink, you <i>will</i> move on to a doner kebab! ;)Dick Puddlecotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-51507610584859490522013-02-28T17:43:46.226+00:002013-02-28T17:43:46.226+00:00Notice that ASH always says, "banning smoking...Notice that ASH always says, "banning smoking in cars." They never mention children. Their aim is to get smoking banned in cars whether or not children are present.Jonathan Bagleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17331501151709216753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-65633850175264742302013-02-28T16:57:35.851+00:002013-02-28T16:57:35.851+00:00Ah, the old gateway theory. And so it continues, f...<i>Ah, the old gateway theory. And so it continues, forever and ever without end. </i><br /><br />Ah, but it's a tried and tested method. <br /><br />Marijuana inevitably leads to abject heroin addiction, beer inevitably leads to lying in a gutter clutching a bottle of meths, and now the modern day variants; e-cigs will lead to the ultimate sin of smoking tobacco and coffee will lead to bloody everything that the self-righteous disapprove of.<br /><br />What really gives me pause for thought is not so much that these nutters are spouting such utter tosh (there have always been attention-seekers with their lunatic pet theories), but the fact that the media are giving them air-time. Aren't there enough real news items to fill the pages? Have journalists totally given up on assessing credibility and checking facts? It seems that they will print any old rubbish these days. The more far-fetched, the better.<br /><br />Years ago when I bought a Sunday Paper, I would always pick up a Sunday Sport as well. It was the original 'Daily Mash', and was invariably entertaining in its outrageousness, but it's got to the point now where all the media outlets are vying for the spot that the 'Sunday Sport' once occupied. <br /><br />Are they really disseminating this stuff in naive good faith, or is there something more sinister happening that they are party to? I do wonder sometimes...nisakimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563041282703559939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-80257064025251211572013-02-28T16:12:48.114+00:002013-02-28T16:12:48.114+00:00"There is also evidence that children who dri...<i>"There is also evidence that children who drink caffeine are more likely to use alcohol, drugs and smoke in the future."</i><br /><br />This kind of junk is annoying and it is to be found in ever increasing amounts throughout science. If there is evidence that caffeine at say, age 12, results in kids smoking kaja, how has this evidence been gathered. I assume post-hoc because you cannot ask coffee-drinking kids at age 12 whether they will start using crack at age 21. So we ask young people of 21: Did you drink coffee at age 12? And to gain some variance, we ask, was it very much, much, not so much, less than much or not so much... This provides the evidence that makes "scientists" fly, no, that rather lets imaginations of some that call themselves "scientists" fly. I call this kind of studies "nonsense-studies", researchers conducting such studies find the results that they want to find and I bet the results crumble under the first reliability analysis that comes their way, like the study that showed a relationship between "sneezing" and facebook use. I crumbled when someone came along and asked: What variables did you control for...<br />Annoying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com