tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post4869849689466531565..comments2024-01-01T16:01:35.711+00:00Comments on Dick Puddlecote: Ireland's Plain Packaging Farce Promises To Be Even Worse Than Ours!Dick Puddlecotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-84545235978385766202014-02-18T20:42:57.302+00:002014-02-18T20:42:57.302+00:00Excellent. They have pissed off every lawyer in th...Excellent. They have pissed off every lawyer in the land. So when the tobacco industry prosecute for loss of IP, the antis might find their defence counsel isn't trying all that hard.Legironnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-84585986255818136952014-02-18T19:21:20.716+00:002014-02-18T19:21:20.716+00:00No, I'd say you're perfectly normal. The a...No, I'd say you're perfectly normal. The abnormal ones are those who believe just seeing an advert - or even a glimpse of a product now - will be instantly compelled to buy it and consume. It's incredible that a public who would claim themselves to be knowledgeable and clever can be so easily fooled into believing it.Dick_Puddlecotenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-38675543550410153942014-02-18T13:20:31.666+00:002014-02-18T13:20:31.666+00:00They are not eejits, they are self important autoc...They are not eejits, they are self important autocrats. They despise the notion of people having any say in how they live their lives. They see themselves as our rulers and how dare anyone question what they have decided to do!<br /><br />They are much better and wiser than the rest of us. After all, how else did they manage to win their seats?<br /><br />Answer: They won or came in as low as 5th place in a regional popularity contest, where a significant proportion of those voting would elect a donkey if it was a candidate for the right party.Séan Billingsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-74346146063802071862014-02-18T08:17:19.708+00:002014-02-18T08:17:19.708+00:00It's straight from the Tony Blair policy play ...It's straight from the Tony Blair policy play book: I support this therefore it's a good policy.<br /><br />At the risk of invoking Godwin, it was Mr Hilter (of North Minehead by-election fame) that started with conclusions and then had "scientists" make up the supporting evindence. Smokers are the untermensch.Peter Wilmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-46193702658087678232014-02-18T07:26:26.418+00:002014-02-18T07:26:26.418+00:00It is amazing that all these rabid anti-smokers ma...It is amazing that all these rabid anti-smokers managed to live through a period when advertising was allowed yet have not taken up the habit themselves.<br /><br />I've lived through a time (I'm 53) when fag advertising was all around me... I even remember as a small boy 'winning' two packets of cigarettes in one of those 'crane' games at the arcade where you had to twiddle the little handles to make the crane pick up prizes...<br /><br />My father smoked all the time - even in the car if you can believe it!!!<br /><br />My mother used to make me little cigarettes filled with cotton wool in Dad's roll-up machine so I could emulate him...<br /><br />Yet I have never smoked.<br /><br />Is there something wrong with me?Barmanhttp://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/index.phpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-80211067008411435952014-02-17T21:29:32.762+00:002014-02-17T21:29:32.762+00:00Ta, duly altered.
I hate to say it, but they'...Ta, duly altered.<br /><br /><br />I hate to say it, but they're kinda reinforcing the stereotype we're not allowed to tell jokes about anymore. ;)Dick_Puddlecotenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-23204772467561599042014-02-17T21:26:33.679+00:002014-02-17T21:26:33.679+00:00great article. it's an embarrassment. Rational...great article. it's an embarrassment. Rational not more sophisticated than "it kindof, ye know, seems like a good thing to do, like". fucking idiots ..(small point though, health minister is "Reilly", no "O'")billynoreply@blogger.com