tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post4769429630488857604..comments2023-11-05T22:35:31.766+00:00Comments on Neil Clark: Smoke 'em if ya got 'emNeil Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10479041156190090119noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-44169120230326188042012-11-01T14:58:01.382+00:002012-11-01T14:58:01.382+00:00Are you perhaps suggesting this is yet another exa...Are you perhaps suggesting this is yet another example of PC gone mad Neil? :-)Brambonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-73346099711543332582012-11-01T00:03:56.635+00:002012-11-01T00:03:56.635+00:00I know you well enough to say without qualificatio...I know you well enough to say without qualification that you have an inner libertarian, who occasionally escapes before he is wrestled to the ground and sent to a re-education camp. <br /><br />How did the Soviet Union feel about tobacco use? How do other tyrannies like North Korea feel about tobacco use?<br /><br />Robert Heinlein wrote about this phenomenon in the book Time Enough for Love:<br /><br />The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire. The former are idealists acting from highest motives for the greatest good of the greatest number. The latter are surly curmudgeons, suspicious and lacking in altruism. But they are more comfortable neighbors than the other sort.Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15146665485840381349noreply@blogger.com