tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post6050638184583153034..comments2024-03-29T08:01:51.705+00:00Comments on The Pub Curmudgeon: Winston Man has second thoughtsCurmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-83113566347386929262009-06-20T11:18:04.644+01:002009-06-20T11:18:04.644+01:00That's very telling. Thank you for this.
It&...That's very telling. Thank you for this.<br /><br />It's not even really about smoking now. It's more about naked control of what people do with their own bodies. Hell to that - we fought Hitler to stop this kind of thing happening.<br /><br />When the revolution eventually comes this mindset must be entirely eradicated.<br /><br />I don't like smoking but I can tolerate it. I cannot tolerate people who want to turn us into slaves.Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-85170544049379137082009-06-20T11:01:38.307+01:002009-06-20T11:01:38.307+01:00I listened to the whole interview with Goerlitz, a...I listened to the whole interview with Goerlitz, and he is very scathing about the US anti-smoking movement. He states (and gives very well-informed proof) that it has ceased to be about health, and is now more led by money and the push for full prohibition. <br /><br />He was asked who he trusted more, the tobacco companies, or tobacco control, and he sided with tobacco companies.<br /><br />Considering he has been on both sides, this says a lot. People have always mistrusted tobacco companies, but anti-smokers are now using that mistrust to stir up <strong>hatred</strong> towards smokers themselves.<br /><br />It's working too. Not just in the US, but over here too.Dick Puddlecotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.com