tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post5143960796964530653..comments2024-01-01T16:01:35.711+00:00Comments on Dick Puddlecote: The Mask Slips (The Myth Of Democracy)Dick Puddlecotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-74080231281118631142010-02-04T17:53:49.119+00:002010-02-04T17:53:49.119+00:00"high level of compliance & publ;ic suppo..."high level of compliance & publ;ic support" means we have all been to compliant (public support doesn't mean public support).<br /><br />"smokefree requirements around building entrances" cannot possibly be justified on the theory that passive smoking is in some way injurious, it is simply puritanism - "the fear that somebody somewhere is enjoying themselves" Mencken.<br /><br />It shows we should have had some serious public non-compliance which, even if it didn't stop the original ban would have prevented trying more. Non-compliance, if thought through, is easy. Just light up in any state building, including stations or if you are more law abiding than that just keep it in your mouth without lighting.neil craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09157898238945726349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-13666465683434564792010-02-03T13:54:27.831+00:002010-02-03T13:54:27.831+00:00Jockland:
“The government says more needs to be d...Jockland:<br /><br /><em>“The government says more needs to be done to curb smoking and achieve its target”</em><br /><br />So everything they've done over the last ten years has been utterly pointless, possibly even counterproductive, and the answer is to do more of it?<br /><br />Riiiiiight...Sam Duncannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-46178018359226296352010-02-03T00:42:49.194+00:002010-02-03T00:42:49.194+00:00Now that Burnham has admitted that the smoking mat...Now that Burnham has admitted that the smoking matter is no longer (if it ever was!) a health matter, then the gloves are off, aren't they? It is now, definitely, a matter of freedom and liberty. It is not even a matter concerning democracy, directly - by that I mean that it is not a matter for the majority to decide - it is an 'individual choice' matter. <br /><br />I suggested elsewhere that we smokers need a high-profile champion in the same way that climate change sceptics have Lord Lawson as a champion. I vaguely suggested Charles Clarke. The Scottish Wifey suggested maybe Kenneth Clark (if it were not for the fact that he is obviously intent upon remaining in Parliament, although I am not sure that that matters). <br /><br />What I think is true is that, somehow or other, smokers need to be roused from their lethargy. It is all right for us few to whinge, but only if people start argue and compliant in great numbers will a reversal of the persecution gain ground.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-75438286393168635602010-02-02T19:44:24.429+00:002010-02-02T19:44:24.429+00:00I always think "smokefree" has distinct ...I always think "smokefree" has distinct echoes of "Judenfrei"...Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.com