Monthly Archives: July 2017

Outrage

Posted on July 31, 2017 by the archivist

I spent much of yesterday following up my not-so-new idea that social idleness correlated with (and caused?) increased longevity of life. It led me into reading about the condition of the working classes in England during the last few centuries, … Continue reading →

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The Unknown Smoker

Posted on July 30, 2017 by the archivist

Yesterday I was considering contemporary Britain as an 88% idle society, in which only 12 people were needed to maintain every 100 people at a minimal standard of living, devoid of all luxuries or amusements. With 25% smoking prevalence, of … Continue reading →

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Smoking Bans Reduce Company Profitability

Posted on July 29, 2017 by the archivist

Continuing with yesterday’s line of investigation… I mentioned yesterday that we not only make useful tools that make life easier for ourselves, but also amusements and pastimes with which to pass our idle hours. If the tools and technology we … Continue reading →

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Stealing Our Freedom

Posted on July 28, 2017 by the archivist

A little Idle Theory: The One Good of Idle Theory is idle time, or free time. Freedom is free time, and it’s measured in hours. It’s what most working people experience at weekends. And a weekend is an extended Sunday … Continue reading →

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Mathematical Warfare

Posted on July 27, 2017 by the archivist

Dick Puddlecote wrote yesterday: I’ve long believed that e-cigs carry the potential to expose the lies and hypocrisy of tobacco control.. Well, he might be right. I’ve always thought that the rapidity with which TC deemed e-cigs to be just … Continue reading →

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The More Voices The Louder

Posted on July 26, 2017 by the archivist

I’m always glad to welcome a new smoker’s blog, particularly one by someone who has been a regular commenter on my blog for many years: Nisakiman. Such people are not competitors: they are companions or co-conspirators, and the more of … Continue reading →

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Laughing As They Die

Posted on July 25, 2017 by the archivist

This stuck in mind: the story about the kids who laughed and jeered while a disabled man drowned. In a news story that sounds like something from Mad Max, a group of Florida teenagers who filmed themselves laughing and cracking … Continue reading →

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Contempt

Posted on July 24, 2017 by the archivist

I was thinking yesterday that antismoking zealots have profound contempt for smokers. It takes a most profound contempt for smokers to expel them all from their clubs and bars and cafes. And then, having expelled them from those places, to … Continue reading →

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Toad Island

Posted on July 23, 2017 by the archivist

H/T Rose for the news that the Abhorrent Toad has been complaining about smoking on the reality TV show Love Island. In its letter to Ofcom, seen by the Observer, Deborah Arnott, chief executive of Ash, said: “I consider it reasonable … Continue reading →

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New Weapons for New Wars

Posted on July 22, 2017 by the archivist

In their own eyes, I’m sure that antismoking zealots think they’re doing good, and making the world a better place. They think the world would be a better place without tobacco. They think people would live longer and healthier lives … Continue reading →

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