Monthly Archives: August 2009

There is something deeply illogical about the way that antismokers reason. It all seems a bit twisted. It’s somehow strangely back to front. Or circular. Antismokers always seem to have decided in advance that smoking is an evil, and then … Continue reading →

Hard on the heels of finding myself listed as No. 19 in a poll of Libertarian blogs, I’ve now discovered that I’m also No. 91 in the same poll for Right-of-Centre blogs. But am I right wing? I usually think … Continue reading →

Every day when I wake up, I start thinking about it again. The smoking ban. Like it was some sort of sudoku puzzle that I started yesterday, but didn’t manage to complete. Only it’s a sudoku puzzle that I started … Continue reading →

From the Guardian: "If a pic of me smoking is such a threat to the good burghers of Richmond, imagine what my presence would do," she said this morning." They wanted the writer. They didn’t want the smoker. And she … Continue reading →

I got rid of my TV set a few months ago. It was the culmination of a long process of deepening disillusionment. I’ve long been aware that television is a propaganda medium. But over the past few years, the propaganda … Continue reading →

Anyone who has been reading this blog will know that I am a very angry smoker. But how many smokers are as angry as I am? I often wonder about this. I generally guess that it’s about 10% of smokers … Continue reading →

Smokers all around the world are getting a very nasty shock these days, as they’re being vilified and thrust out into the streets. And they’re more or less powerless in the face of highly organised and well-funded antismoking organisations and … Continue reading →

It always seems to me that scepticism about the health risks of  passive smoking is likely to go hand in hand with scepticism about the threat of global warming (AGW). There are after all a number of similarities. Both are … Continue reading →

This poll replaces the previous one, which didn’t work. This one probably doesn’t work any more either. They seem to stop working as soon as I vote.

— POLL REMOVED — I have withdrawn poll #1447118, and put a new poll (same questions) in the next post. I hope that works a bit better.