tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post1817181470079313944..comments2024-01-01T16:01:35.711+00:00Comments on Dick Puddlecote: Progressing To The 1950sDick Puddlecotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-7705221581776372822012-12-18T00:26:01.933+00:002012-12-18T00:26:01.933+00:00"Interestingly, during the years when rationi..."Interestingly, during the years when rationing was enforced, the prevalence of obesity was negligible in the United Kingdom."<br /><br /><br />Not in my family it wasn't. I've seen plenty of photos of them to know that. They were carrying as much lard in the late forties and fifties, as they had been in 1939. In fact more. <br /><br /><br />What's more, where did this notion come from, that anyone was even monitoring obesity during the years of rationing?trespasserswillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-6384454792890212502012-12-17T18:18:53.698+00:002012-12-17T18:18:53.698+00:00These people are conservatives, not radicalsThese people are conservatives, not radicalsTomsmithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-52344175955433122642012-12-17T14:16:45.975+00:002012-12-17T14:16:45.975+00:00"Interestingly, during the years when rationi..."Interestingly, during the years when rationing was enforced, the prevalence of obesity was negligible in the United Kingdom."<br /><br />... could have as easily read:<br /><br />"Interestingly, during the years when smokers were abundant, the prevalence of obesity was negligible in the United Kingdom."Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-29959955702794203382012-12-17T14:14:57.502+00:002012-12-17T14:14:57.502+00:00Which might also translate into, "more for th...Which might also translate into, "more for the progressive ruling class", what with everyone beneath them dead and out of their way.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-11135342350043175892012-12-17T13:53:51.744+00:002012-12-17T13:53:51.744+00:00If only I was jesting :)If only I was jesting :)What the....noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-22304807686215827802012-12-17T12:22:02.004+00:002012-12-17T12:22:02.004+00:00You may jest, but many progressives may secretly l...You may jest, but many progressives may secretly like the idea of a large scale war. Most of the deaths would be inevitably among those lower classes which they sneer at, plus it eases over-population thus easing pressure on the environment. ;)Dick_Puddlecotenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-41382985911038769472012-12-17T12:16:19.778+00:002012-12-17T12:16:19.778+00:00It's as if these people have never heard of th...It's as if these people have never heard of the term 'black market', isn't it?Dick_Puddlecotenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-81389248036209935932012-12-17T11:49:02.499+00:002012-12-17T11:49:02.499+00:00Why not go the whole way…… the package deal, as it...Why not go the whole way…… the package deal, as it were? Let’s have a World War. What a splendid idea! It will add authenticity to the rationing. War, given that it leads to rationing and weight loss, is obviously wonderful for public health. I’ll start drawing up invasion plans and reverse my tank – purchased just for this very contingency – out of the garage.<br /><br />People such as Davey, and there are many of them in contemporary Public Health and occupying academic positions, are scary. They are materialists. They abide by a dangerously superficial world view and perverse definition of health. They don’t know – are utterly clueless - how much they don’t know; hence the arrogance of ignorance and stupidity. These “educated” nitwits and their mental disorders are quickly becoming the major problem/threat of the time.What the....noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-28229266946072343312012-12-17T10:15:02.431+00:002012-12-17T10:15:02.431+00:00Seems the Democratic People's Republic of Kore...Seems the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is way ahead of them. Both the control aspect and people with a BMI of 17.Lounoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-362783622389801932012-12-17T10:03:01.017+00:002012-12-17T10:03:01.017+00:00It is rather funny watching Chapman slithering dow...It is rather funny watching Chapman slithering down the slope on a sled at Mach 2 and insisting it's sticky as treacle. ;)Dick_Puddlecotenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-82152887048669947722012-12-17T09:51:20.428+00:002012-12-17T09:51:20.428+00:00As I posted in the comments "Ms Davey talks a...As I posted in the comments "Ms Davey talks about rationing in WW2 as an example of government controlling and imposing a diet on people. Also the British government suspended Habeas Corpus, which requires a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court. It allowed the state unlimited powers of arrest and detention.<br /><br />Also the government suspended the free press and mass censorship of the media was a legal requirement. May I add that a woman was jailed for three months for feeding the ducks stale bread, such was the state's desire not to waste food.<br /><br />While in an extreme situation as a world war some of these measures are understandable, in peace time this is A Brave New World and quite unacceptable.<br /><br />I believe Professor Simon Chapman of Sydney University has been vigorously denying the slippery slope that the tactics employed by tobacco control will not be used for other health issues. I feel a little misled."DaveAtherton20noreply@blogger.com