tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post2721108644748440973..comments2024-02-06T07:57:54.467+00:00Comments on underdogs bite upwards: Insulting Ronnie.Leg-ironhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-12829732161920688532010-01-13T21:20:07.088+00:002010-01-13T21:20:07.088+00:00Well I'm "glad" to hear that our loc...Well I'm "glad" to hear that our local do-gooders are in front of the curve on this one - it means that they have stuck their own necks out without the figleaf of "x does it too". This means that when they get their noses chopped off, they'll have no-one to blame but themselves.<br /><br />I've got to admit though, that it is *obvious* a highly strategised move. They've gone after the smokers again, but they've tried to set the rest of Australia again them by playing on the "fair-go" meme. "Why should they get more time off than you? The bastards aren't doing their fair share!". Which is an obvious but effective ploy. <br /><br />The coordinating of this push with various media programs is fairly disturibing - it is definitely stage managed, and an ominous sign of exactly how determined the "righteous" are to force their moral and cultural changes on the rest of the population.<br /><br />As a non-smoker myself, it seems to be obvious that if a particular worker is less productive than the boss expects, regardless of the reason, the boss should be having a chat. Targetting a particular group for persecution based on a legal behaviour is immoral. This is the thin end of the wedge in behaviour control by the health stasi. (They're just starting a ban on alcohol on Australia Day!)<br /><br />As to the "It's for the Children" issue, clearly another figleaf - but in full play in Australia - it is now illegal to smoke in a (private) vehicle if their a person under the age of 18 - to be enforced by the police with demerit points on a driver's license...<br /><br />The funny thing is, I don't know where the mandate/authority for these decisions was granted to these QUA(N)GOs - or more importantly, how to put them back in their damn box...Aus_Autarchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-87866361800226206442010-01-13T20:41:22.093+00:002010-01-13T20:41:22.093+00:00Aus-Autarch - there haven't yet been open move...Aus-Autarch - there haven't yet been open moves to do this although there have been mutterings for years about 'smokers getting extra breaks'. Those mutterings only started after we were ejected from every building in the country. When we didn't have to go outside, there was no problem.<br /><br />It'll come, though. They just keep pushing.<br /><br />I still think these people take far too much interest in 'the children' than is healthy. Something is a bit suspect there.Leg-ironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-37523360671283636092010-01-13T16:43:43.353+00:002010-01-13T16:43:43.353+00:00vw: nobeedia
how does it know?vw: nobeedia<br /><br />how does it know?sixtypoundsaweekcleanernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-73972861514796982412010-01-13T16:10:35.545+00:002010-01-13T16:10:35.545+00:00I suppose a c*** is a 'short arse' if you ...I suppose a c*** is a 'short arse' if you think about it... or is it the other way around?<br /><br />Anyway, until fairly recently, we didn't need to have fag breaks at work. You smoked while you worked, even doctors did it. About the only places it wasn't allowed was down coal mines or on oil rigs... presumingly so you didn't set fire to an important national resource?John Pickworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02166443099429490782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-25216541919691220512010-01-13T10:39:37.801+00:002010-01-13T10:39:37.801+00:00Claims from A.S.H Australia as shown on the (Credu...Claims from A.S.H Australia as shown on the (Credulous) news claim that on average, smokers take 15 minutes 5 times a day, and calculate this out to the equivalent of 5 weeks not working per year (!). Thus, all smokers "should" have their annual holidays cut by one week a year.<br /><br />http://preview.tinyurl.com/ydzho6n<br /><br />I'm throwing this link your way, Leg-Iron, not because I want to drive your blood pressure through the roof, but to wonder if this is a step further than UK apparatchiks have gone, or is this sort of stuff old news in the UK?Aus_Autarchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-56083186612098803392010-01-13T07:42:20.427+00:002010-01-13T07:42:20.427+00:00A.S.H Australia is up to it's usual tricks:
h...A.S.H Australia is up to it's usual tricks: <br />http://www.smh.com.au/national/health-department-bans-staff-smoke-breaks-20100111-m2si.htmlAus_Autarchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-83256939752130346712010-01-13T05:37:01.238+00:002010-01-13T05:37:01.238+00:00That's modern 'journalism' for you! We...That's modern 'journalism' for you! Well, got to do something with all those meejah graduates after all...JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-12306364673945236782010-01-13T03:14:19.130+00:002010-01-13T03:14:19.130+00:00It's a manufactured story. If the Daily Mail h...It's a manufactured story. If the Daily Mail hadn't blown it up it would never have come to anyone's attention at all.<br /><br />You'd think there was enough news out there without papers having to invent some. Even the Mail.Leg-ironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-67834925535455888592010-01-13T03:01:46.576+00:002010-01-13T03:01:46.576+00:00"...member of the team passed it on to the Da..."...member of the team passed it on to the Daily Mail in disgust". <br /><br /><br />For a laugh more likely or just plain simple mischief making.bannedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406037760273820029noreply@blogger.com