tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post6392725841207630737..comments2023-10-17T15:56:22.827+01:00Comments on Velvet Glove, Iron Fist: The glorious idiocy of Simon ChapmanChristopher Snowdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-3770439129049225032011-05-25T02:51:58.444+01:002011-05-25T02:51:58.444+01:00What a great phrase! - The Free Market in Tobacco!...What a great phrase! - The Free Market in Tobacco! "Smokefree" = "Dutyfree". Wonderful! <br /><br />I would have thought that areas of Australia are ripe for the free cultivation of the tobacco plant. I wonder if that is really what the powers-that-be there are worried about? There must be areas of Australia which are perfect for the tobacco plant. But I am not sure that Aussie MPs are clever enough.<br /><br /> The wild sowing of this plant would be catastrophic for the Gov. Imagine the wild sowing of cannabis - imagine the Gov rushing around in all directions, trying to terminate the growth of this wild plant!If tobacco plants were growing in the wild with great profusion, and enough people encouraged this growth (by chucking tobacco plant seeds all over the place), then the Gov would be on a hiding to nothing. That being the case (wild tobacco plants), all that remains is to find a very easy way to 'cure' the tobacco. It is a matter of fact that modern heating devices and electric fans make this quite easy, give or take a month or so. Even the easy ways can be improved so as to make the curing very simple. (Curing is simply a way of making the tobacco 'pleasanter to the taste' by softening the taste and reducing the smell (ie. the smoke). So it is not really about 'contraband' so much as people just picking tobacco leaves in the wild (like blackberries) and making their own tobacco. <br /><br />Of course, the tobacco companies do not want this any more than the Gov. <br /><br />Australia is a special case in that areas of Australia are perfect for the wild growing of the the tobacco plant, but Britain is still a good place, although there are more difficulties - one needs to think of this plant as being - what's the word? - 'tender', that is, not to be 'frosted'. But that does not mean that it cannot be incubated in a propagator and grown on in a greenhouse. <br /><br />But that is the way in which it is going to go. The process has started. One tobacco plant will produce millions of seeds, and they are very easy to germinate and to grow - they need no extra heat as do cannabis plants.<br /><br />So we wait to see how silly the Australian Gov get. 'Silly' is the only word. I cannot help but equate the Australian Gov to their most famous exports - 'Home and Away' and 'Neighbours' - simplistic plots (to the point of imbecility), hysteria, infantilization, girly-boys, ham acting, and so on and so on. <br /><br />I do not understand how the thinking people of Australia can put up with it. In 'thinking people', I include all the bishops and authors and scientists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-46636645009823374482011-05-24T17:39:27.550+01:002011-05-24T17:39:27.550+01:00Tip of the hat to 'EinsteinSmoked'.
I lik...Tip of the hat to 'EinsteinSmoked'.<br /><br />I like that the "Black Market" for tobacco in Australia is called the "Free Market". <br /><br />http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/79718.html <br /><br />"The Free-Market Trade in Tobacco in Australia" <br /><br />"the tobacco companies who hold most of the tobacco market in Australia, are being threatened by underground businessmen who now control 15.9% of the tobacco market up from 6.4% in 2007." <br /><br />http://www.globalcstorefocus.com/1003/7.html <br /><br />March 2010 <br /><br />"<br />Some simple reconstructive math yields the annual rate of the growth of the Australian "Free Market" for tobacco over the last few years. <br /> <br />Up about 148% since 2007 and about 33% in the last year.<br /><br /><br />Here are the market shares per year. <br /><br />2007 - 6.7% <br />2008 - 9.4% <br />2010 - 12.0% <br />2011 - 15.9% <br /><br />Gary K.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-53905058344576806732011-05-24T15:41:34.192+01:002011-05-24T15:41:34.192+01:00And in turn, there'll be a new crop of Eliot N...And in turn, there'll be a new crop of Eliot Nesses to break up the black market.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-7563078920341800012011-05-24T08:17:02.403+01:002011-05-24T08:17:02.403+01:00Chapman also floated the “smoker licence” idea in ...Chapman also floated the “smoker licence” idea in 2008:<br /><br />"In my lifetime I think we will see smoker licensing, where smokers who want to buy cigarettes will have to get a licence to do so," he said.<br /><br />"It's not impossible to foresee that when young people turn 18 and want to legally buy cigarettes they'll have to pass a knowledge test, like the knowledge test to get your driver's licence, and they'll have to pay to take the test and pay for an annual licence.<br /><br />"I think tobacco retail outlets will be severely limited so that you won't be able to walk into a service station or a corner store and buy cigarettes. I think it will be restricted in the same way that pharmaceuticals are restricted to pharmacies.<br /><br />"And I think you won't be able to walk into a tobacco seller and buy cigarettes in bulk. I can see a time where you won't be able to buy a carton of cigarettes any more, but only two packets, maximum."<br /><br /><br />[Blogger won't allow me to add the link]Magneticnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-81130619924898344402011-05-24T03:57:22.884+01:002011-05-24T03:57:22.884+01:00Chapman has attempted to bully Australian musician...Chapman has attempted to bully Australian musicians touring Indonesia to boycott events that are sponsored by the tobacco industry.<br />http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/8022504/wolfmother-defend-jakarta-gig-decision?alert=yes<br /><br />In Australia, there are progressively more councils banning smoking outdoors, e.g., parks, beaches, malls. Although he doesn’t approve of such outdoor bans, Chapman provides no criticism of such bans in the media.<br /><br />Chapman Bio<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Chapman_(academic)<br /><br />Chapman was on the list of Sydney's top 100 most influential people for 2008.<br />http://sydney.edu.au/news/84.html?newsstoryid=2925Magneticnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-33253456421066391922011-05-24T03:54:40.210+01:002011-05-24T03:54:40.210+01:00Consider Chapman’s activity in just the last year....Consider Chapman’s activity in just the last year. He has been a strong pusher of tobacco products being put behind opaque cabinets. This has already been rolled out in Australia. He is also very much behind generic packaging of tobacco.<br />http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/at-last-truth-in-cigarette-advertising-20100429-ttkh.html<br /><br />Chapman has a shot at menthol:<br />http://www.smh.com.au/national/ban-on-menthol-in-cigarettes-is-urged-20100724-10pkj.html<br /><br />More recently, he is pushing for eradicating the smoke-break at work.<br />http://tvnz.co.nz/health-news/call-stub-smoko-break-3866428Magneticnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-52533902659017025402011-05-24T01:23:52.280+01:002011-05-24T01:23:52.280+01:00Chapman helped to seriously put the antismoking “m...Chapman helped to seriously put the antismoking “movement” on the deception track with his contribution “The Lung Goodbye”, a manual of underhanded tricks and tactics to advance the “cause”, presented at the 5th World Conference on Smoking & Health in 1983. Chapman (see Godber Blueprint www.rampant-antismoking.com ), whose background is in sociology/media, is a political activist (he is also a “master” of incoherent analogy). He knows how to use information deceptively for maximal inflammatory effect. There were some journalists in the early days of this “crusade” that complained of Chapman’s bullying. If they dared question him or disagree with him, they would attract the standard antismoking tactic of being accused of being tobacco industry shills complicit in the “killing” of countless smokers.<br /><br />Chapman was highly influential in the “denormalization” of smokers (see Godber Blueprint).<br /><br />Consider his RIP (fire-safe cigarettes) activity. He was the first to push for RIPs for Australia in 2004. At the time the talk was about removing burning (accelerants) agents. By 2006, this had changed to “speed humps” (glue) added onto the cigarette paper. He was still pushing RIPs.<br />http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/where-theres-smoke-no-fire/2006/08/22/1156012541790.html<br />He was then very much behind fast-tracking RIPs for Australia in 2009.<br />http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1009297/Fire-safe-cigarettes-to-be-fast-tracked<br />RIPs were introduced into Australia (mandatory) in early-2010. RIPs were never tested on smokers. For many, RIPs produce immediate symptoms, e.g., constant phlegm production, cough, wheezing, a feeling of “bruised lungs”.Magneticnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-78928363177021867012011-05-23T20:01:35.218+01:002011-05-23T20:01:35.218+01:00His insane wibblings are worrying yes, but still b...His insane wibblings are worrying yes, but still bloody funny to read. It's quite incredible that such a retard has achieved so high a profile since he must take 10 minutes every morning figuring out how his trouser zip works.Dick Puddlecotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-54025649875261667282011-05-23T17:09:37.146+01:002011-05-23T17:09:37.146+01:00I have been reading a really interesting piece abo...I have been reading a really interesting piece about tobacco control at'cannabisculture.com'<br />Anon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com