tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post8090215052725695916..comments2024-01-01T16:01:35.711+00:00Comments on Dick Puddlecote: The New BlackoutDick Puddlecotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-66306047183114920972010-03-27T09:56:51.654+00:002010-03-27T09:56:51.654+00:00"The smoking wardens peering through your win..."The smoking wardens peering through your windows ordering you to "Put that fag out!" aren't far away, people."<br /><br />Cold Steel Rain points out that you won't be able to shut your curtains to stop them looking - because if you do you must be a terrorist.<br /><br />http://coldsteelrain.blogspot.com/2010/03/truly-frightening.htmlMrs Rigbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06389986110372627649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-11154637889259914122010-03-27T09:09:58.667+00:002010-03-27T09:09:58.667+00:00Chris Oakham has a good point about what a motivat...Chris Oakham has a good point about what a motivated public might achieve. However, there is a problem with those from a libertarian background. <br /><br />The left who effectively rioted to end the poll tax were well organised, the unions were involved, probably the Labour party also, the CPGB. All were previously aligned socialist groups with publicity machines and local government positions - the Labour party generally used the poll tax to raise huge amounts of revenue in local authorities which they controlled, much more than the rates ever drew.<br /><br />Libertarians are not built that way. We do not join organisations which tell us what to think or where to congregate to cause the most disruption. We do not exist to disrupt - our whole model of living is that we look out for ourselves and in doing impose the least inconvenience and cost to our fellow citizens. <br /><br />To truly attack authoritarians, we have to do things which make us more like them. <br /><br />Would a libertarian riot? Destroy property on a mass scale? Block the streets? I don't think we would unless we were in such a majority that we believed that in our actions we were carrying the will of al but the government we were trying to topple.Tony_Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14729030784452630545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-6154055555297476642010-03-27T02:55:38.993+00:002010-03-27T02:55:38.993+00:00I think what California has done is brilliant, and...I think what California has done is brilliant, and really shows what can be achieved when democratic states behave democratically and use the LAW to stop people doing things I (and lots of non-smokers too!) don't like. I hate it when I'm sitting on my balcony, looking at myself in the mirror and admiring my hair, when a selfish smoker's smoke gets in my hair and wafts into my apartment, putting MY health at risk! Not forgetting the CHILDREN next door!<br /><br />It's about time that these selfish smokers realised that their smoke can defy the laws of time and space and seep EVERYWHERE, giving children cancer and making my cats fur feel like GRAVY! These selfish smokers wouldn't be so smelly and selfish if they'd seen a loved one die of hair cancer!!Standard-Issue State-Funded Trollhttp://Standard-Issue Stat(optional)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-72111580340625375142010-03-26T22:08:21.587+00:002010-03-26T22:08:21.587+00:00I would say a dead cert if/when Labour are re-elec...I would say a dead cert if/when Labour are re-elected.Not a sheephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14123293202225008273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-18388243958061425172010-03-26T12:05:46.764+00:002010-03-26T12:05:46.764+00:00IF they were actualy CONCERNED about smoking to th...IF they were actualy CONCERNED about smoking to the degree they appear to be, they would ban it out right.<br /><br />The fact that they would loose the tax from smokers by doing this, is not really relevant. They are happy enough to bring in all kinds of legistlation that reduces the possibility to smoke to nearly nill any way. So effecting their tax take.<br /><br />It is OBVIOUS that the only purpose the Downing Street Dictatorship has in all this is their desire to CONTROL.<br /><br />Like a ten year old pulling bits off a fly. They know it will eventually die any way, but why not get some entertainment out of it before it does?Furor Teutonicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13856575077967523322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-61279234815397879392010-03-26T11:38:34.344+00:002010-03-26T11:38:34.344+00:00Couple this with being able to open & seize ma...Couple this with being able to open & seize mail to err...combat free trading of baccy and it's a party.<br /><br /> Hmm:<br /><br />http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/7520941/Budget-2010-HMRC-officers-to-get-powers-to-open-peoples-post-without-asking-permission.htmlDick the Pricknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-49317689549406896562010-03-26T11:10:47.908+00:002010-03-26T11:10:47.908+00:00Of course there are already towns in California (t...Of course there are already towns in California (the land of the 'free') where smoking in your own home is banned if it attached in any way. So Dick's scenario is quite feasible on the same basis.<br /><br />Re: the letters in The Times, there has been a massive amount of vitriol thrown by non-smokers and anti-smokers alike since the RCP report came out. Some of it is quite horrendous calling for massive punishments for smoking in banned places. What I don't get is that these people can't see how all these things lead to further losses of freedom - even more than we have lost.<br /><br />What we need is the population to be as motivated as they were about Poll Tax. But I'm not sure we've reached a tipping point loss of freedom yet. However the righteous are picking on ever bigger minorities - smokers 22% or more of the adult population is their biggest yet. Fox hunting, gun owners were small beer. Perhaps alcohol will be the tipping point as most people drink.<br /><br />Chris OakhamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-17482781809802232502010-03-26T11:09:05.644+00:002010-03-26T11:09:05.644+00:00Dick and mates,
Who cares anymore ,even if hanging...Dick and mates,<br />Who cares anymore ,even if hanging<br />was brought back for smoking on <br />Saddleworth Moors ,the smokers<br />would should vanish down Catacombes<br />still blithering via Wi-Fi Netbooks<br />or wall scribbling verses of anger.<br />Dont worry,Motorists,nanny aint<br />worried about you ,only noise you make is the occasionall backfire<br />or irate horn at a sheep crossing.<br /><br />Wandering MinstrelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-159343938860372882010-03-26T10:49:01.659+00:002010-03-26T10:49:01.659+00:00GRRRRRRRRR!<a href="http://http://www.shop4windowfilms.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">GRRRRRRRRR!</a>I am Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04101757111187294588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-42586041306807291422010-03-26T10:37:10.877+00:002010-03-26T10:37:10.877+00:00Orhere,maybe!!!Or<a href="http://http://www.infobarrel.com/Block_Your_Neighbors_Snooping_Eyes_With_Privacy_Window_Film" rel="nofollow">here</a>,maybe!!!I am Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04101757111187294588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-84730494257444825412010-03-26T10:32:22.781+00:002010-03-26T10:32:22.781+00:00IF SOMEONE TOLD ME I COULD'NT SMOKE IN MY OWN ...IF SOMEONE TOLD ME I COULD'NT SMOKE IN MY OWN HOME I'D END UP DOING TIME.<br />FOR MURDER.<br />I'M SERIOUS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-62908059902982352712010-03-26T09:48:55.252+00:002010-03-26T09:48:55.252+00:00Going non-domicile is looking better and better.Going non-domicile is looking better and better.Neal Asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13933911904170752700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-44733593221104275022010-03-26T09:41:11.556+00:002010-03-26T09:41:11.556+00:00Yo Dick,
I have developed a strategyfor dealing w...Yo Dick,<br /><br />I have developed a <a href="http://http://www.chud.com/articles/content_images/5/deadofnightpicbig.jpg" rel="nofollow">strategy</a>for dealing with people who peer through my window.I am Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04101757111187294588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-8979429322719696162010-03-26T09:25:28.722+00:002010-03-26T09:25:28.722+00:00.... and it just gets worse:-
Budget 2010
"F....... and it just gets worse:-<br /><br />Budget 2010<br />"From January 1 next year, every additional 3cm, or part thereof, beyond this length will be treated as another cigarette. This means that an 11cm cigarette will be treated as two cigarettes, while a 12cm cigarette will be counted as three."<br /><br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/mar/25/budget-cigarette-tax-smoking-darling-chancellor<br /><br /><br />Years ago l ran a consultancy that was specifically catered for buying your cigarettes abroad. l accompanied the customers over to Spain and arranged where they could get their goods and then came back with them. That was the easy part.<br /><br />The hard part was educating them as to their rights on EU shopping, how to deal with Customs and their guideline of 800 cigarettes etc.Preparation was the key because of all the 'traps' that Customs set as a means to confiscate the cigarettes off travelers.<br /><br />lf the shopping trip is done properly you will always get your goods home.<br /><br />l may start it again but this time it will be Bulgaria and the sunny resorts of the Black Sea.Spartanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14845586501410364657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-82044712847161218472010-03-26T09:10:46.357+00:002010-03-26T09:10:46.357+00:00Banning smoking in private homes would certainly a...Banning smoking in private homes would certainly appeal to the authoritarian pricks in government as well as the health nazis that lobby them, but it'd be close to an outright ban and will they give up all that tobacco revenue? What is it now, £10 bill or something? And of course smoke tax is politically safe to put up since so many sheeple will nod approvingly at the suggestion. On top of that the cost of any serious attempt to enforce it would make the money situation even worse (I'm sure they'd love to hire smoking wardens but with the recent news that the government now spends 52% of GDP I think they've hit the buffers). No, they'll treat you as second class citizens in your own homes by demanding you stub out whenever one of their Mini-Me Stasis come to visit for any reason, but they don't want people to actually stop. ASH might be prepared to kill the golden goose but the government, being marginally less insane, only want to squeeze it.Angry Exilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02491082312193274360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-40406394932079448042010-03-26T09:02:49.266+00:002010-03-26T09:02:49.266+00:00Thanks for making the bile rise once again.
when ...Thanks for making the bile rise once again.<br /><br />when I die of apopleptic rage I hope my cause of death is registered to 'anti-smoking legislation'.carbchickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14343923300603566799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-36114433977150006172010-03-26T08:54:49.545+00:002010-03-26T08:54:49.545+00:00Will the WWF list smoking wardens as an endangered...Will the WWF list smoking wardens as an endangered species? ... or won't this species venture into no-go areas where their prey tend to be dangerous unlike the easy prey in suburbia?Spartanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14845586501410364657noreply@blogger.com