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Laughing As They Die
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
Contempt
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
New Weapons for New Wars
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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Completely Out Of Control
One thing that strikes me about Tobacco Control, and their attempt to take control, is just how out of control everything actually is. After all, we’re all living on the surface of a little, spinning, roughly-spherical planet which is in … Continue reading
My Custard Control Plan
It seems that the UK government has published a new Tobacco Control Plan. I’ve not read it. But Chris Snowdon seems to have read it, and hasn’t entirely panned it. It seems that the government may, as a direct consequence … Continue reading
