tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post108229065485183030..comments2023-11-05T22:35:31.766+00:00Comments on Neil Clark: Anti-Smoking hysteria reaches even greater heights...Neil Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10479041156190090119noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-55904300363070269812008-07-22T17:29:00.000+01:002008-07-22T17:29:00.000+01:00You have to be slightly careful with Nazi comparis...You have to be slightly careful with Nazi comparisons - not least because the Nazis were riddled with double standards and hypocricy from the top down.<BR/><BR/>Hitler was famously a non-smoking animal lover. But that didn't stop Goebbels and Göring, his two closest side-kicks, being chain-smokers! And the latter was also a fanatically keen huntsman!<BR/><BR/>I guess my point is this: the people behind the smoking ban are assholes. But it remains to be established whether they are actually Nazis!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-73019925969953380002008-07-22T15:25:00.000+01:002008-07-22T15:25:00.000+01:00Hi Roland: absolutely right. To paraphrase Pastor ...Hi Roland: absolutely right. To paraphrase Pastor Niemoller:<BR/>first they came for the fox hunters... I was not a fox hunter. I did nothing. Then they came for the smokers....<BR/><BR/>Regards to Martin, and get him up blogging soon!Neil Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10479041156190090119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-90985101769289476452008-07-22T15:10:00.000+01:002008-07-22T15:10:00.000+01:00Damn, you're right.He banned hunting with hounds t...Damn, you're right.<BR/><BR/>He banned hunting with hounds too - something Blair copied with one of the first of the Labour party's acts of psuedo fascism.<BR/><BR/>Martin sends a hello!Roland Hulmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08979437320446956987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-57022377197648713952008-07-21T14:21:00.000+01:002008-07-21T14:21:00.000+01:00Er, not in this case Roland. You see mentioning Ad...Er, not in this case Roland. You see mentioning Adolf and the Nazis in the context of anti-smoking hysteria is highly relevant: the first country where bans on smoking in public places were introduced was Nazi Germany in 1936.<BR/><BR/>Hope Martin's getting along fine.Neil Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10479041156190090119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-5823024749801523632008-07-21T14:17:00.000+01:002008-07-21T14:17:00.000+01:00SORRY - technically that should have been: Reducti...SORRY - technically that should have been: Reductio ad HitlerumRoland Hulmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08979437320446956987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-14992522067795385712008-07-21T14:16:00.000+01:002008-07-21T14:16:00.000+01:00Godwin's law.Godwin's law.Roland Hulmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08979437320446956987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-66177088154859214272008-07-20T03:36:00.000+01:002008-07-20T03:36:00.000+01:00Gotta feel sorry for this guy. He makes a gaffe at...Gotta feel sorry for this guy. He makes a gaffe at an awards ceremony - the result being that Welsh literature got global attention via youtube, heck, they even Richard & Judy discussed it on their tv show...<BR/><BR/>He got a fair bit of criticism for that - but his remit is Welsh culture, and he did a great deal to promote it with that award error - and now he's off to the pub to relax - but no! Another mistake, accidentally entering a public house with a lit cigar that you can legally purchase in shops.<BR/><BR/>Never mind what he was smoking, what are his collegues smoking? They seem to think this is serious enough for him to resign as a minister...Charlie Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12770820928636046622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-2914262789013711352008-07-19T10:39:00.000+01:002008-07-19T10:39:00.000+01:00Britain would not have lost the war for long. The ...Britain would not have lost the war for long. The Soviet Union would have simply taken an extra couple of years to get the Red Army to France and accross the channel. Then Uncle Joe would have walked into a pub with a lit pipe, and we'd be back to square one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-72076073336057653412008-07-19T08:28:00.000+01:002008-07-19T08:28:00.000+01:00Divide and Rule.The age of hysterical moral censur...Divide and Rule.<BR/>The age of hysterical moral censure is upon us, and it's all about identifying the "Enemy Within" and diverting attention away from real issues.<BR/>It's probably also connected to the re-ascendency of infantile sanctimonious religionism and it's attendant rejection of thought, to which our ruling "elite" seem so attached.<BR/><BR/>P.S. I might make more sense when I'm fully awake, but then I might not feel like posting!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com