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Thursday, 31 December 2009
Tuesday, 29 December 2009
Quote Of The Year
If there was ever a quote which encapsulates the Freedom2Choose ethos, it was uttered during this morning's Today programme on Radio 4. Disappointingly, it came from a German social commentator who understands all too well what is so very wrong with the UK.
One can only hope that our own politicians will wake up soon and see the international laughing stock we have now become thanks directly to their bullying policies.
You can listen to the full audio report on European smoking attitudes, by BBC correspondent Caroline Wyatt, here.
One can only hope that our own politicians will wake up soon and see the international laughing stock we have now become thanks directly to their bullying policies.
"It's a matter of letting grown-ups do what grown-ups want to do, and that doesn't seem to be the case in the United Kingdom"
Clemenz Betzel
You can listen to the full audio report on European smoking attitudes, by BBC correspondent Caroline Wyatt, here.
Sunday, 27 December 2009
ASH, the BBC, and the government money pit
Smokers, it is now to your misfortune that you shall forthwith be officially derided beyond all realms of respect. If you need anything more to convince you of such, you need look no further than a report today on the BBC web site.
Now, Taylor was no friend of smokers, in fact he was a horrendous bansturbator who apparently valued his misconceived self-righteousness over your self-determination and private property rights.
However, any death, even amongst those with whom you disagree, should not be used as a political tool. The BBC obviously have different ideas though, considering their first port of call outside of Labour party colleagues was Deborah Arnott of ASH.
The oven has barely cooled after Christmas 2009 yet Arnott has already been wading in with press releases embargoed for minutes past midnight on Boxing Day, and now sees it acceptable to make political capital for her taxpayer funded organisation when the death of an MP offers column inches.
And the BBC thought a politician's death was an appropriate opportunity to elicit quotes, from the hideous mouthpiece of a publicly-funded fake charity, on a deeply divisive subject.
If we had mentioned the disgraces of David Taylor we would have been roundly castigated as heartless or offensive, so there was no mention, and nor would there have ever been except that ASH seem OK with making a point on the back of a person dying.
Government take your taxes, both directly and indirectly, at pain of hefty punishment. So do the BBC. They funnel these taxes through many channels, one of which is the quite astonishingly heartless ASH.
When someone dies, it would seem that the tripartite anti-smoker system sees it as a great opportunity to make some mileage at your expense.
If you're not yet convinced that you, as a consumer of tobacco, is now considered worthless, this should be a timely, if sickening, wake up call.
We had our differences with Mr Taylor, many of them, but it would be less than human not to offer condolences to his family on such a sad occurrence. May he rest in peace and best wishes to his family.
Labour MP David Taylor dies following heart attack
Now, Taylor was no friend of smokers, in fact he was a horrendous bansturbator who apparently valued his misconceived self-righteousness over your self-determination and private property rights.
However, any death, even amongst those with whom you disagree, should not be used as a political tool. The BBC obviously have different ideas though, considering their first port of call outside of Labour party colleagues was Deborah Arnott of ASH.
Deborah Arnott, director of the anti-smoking campaign group Ash, said Mr Taylor was "crucial in getting the smoking ban legislation through parliament".
The oven has barely cooled after Christmas 2009 yet Arnott has already been wading in with press releases embargoed for minutes past midnight on Boxing Day, and now sees it acceptable to make political capital for her taxpayer funded organisation when the death of an MP offers column inches.
And the BBC thought a politician's death was an appropriate opportunity to elicit quotes, from the hideous mouthpiece of a publicly-funded fake charity, on a deeply divisive subject.
If we had mentioned the disgraces of David Taylor we would have been roundly castigated as heartless or offensive, so there was no mention, and nor would there have ever been except that ASH seem OK with making a point on the back of a person dying.
Government take your taxes, both directly and indirectly, at pain of hefty punishment. So do the BBC. They funnel these taxes through many channels, one of which is the quite astonishingly heartless ASH.
When someone dies, it would seem that the tripartite anti-smoker system sees it as a great opportunity to make some mileage at your expense.
If you're not yet convinced that you, as a consumer of tobacco, is now considered worthless, this should be a timely, if sickening, wake up call.
We had our differences with Mr Taylor, many of them, but it would be less than human not to offer condolences to his family on such a sad occurrence. May he rest in peace and best wishes to his family.
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