tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post7143817138792457621..comments2024-02-06T07:57:54.467+00:00Comments on underdogs bite upwards: DenialistsLeg-ironhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-25560417335087120562010-03-07T02:03:43.047+00:002010-03-07T02:03:43.047+00:00I was taking a smoke break a while ago with a col...I was taking a smoke break a while ago with a colleague who knows a "councellor" or some such.<br /><br />He told me that there has been a rise in the number of clients who have been subject to workplace "encouragement" to stop smoking.<br /><br />Heaven forbid, but could this be bullying?<br /><br />Before I became "politically" aware, a couple of years ago at my workplace we had someone come around trying to stop people from smoking.<br /><br />If I knew then what I know now about contracts/law/constitution I would have volunteered to see this harridan and given her hell.<br /><br />Maybe I should put in a request to have her or one of her colleagues to pop in again. I have one or two questions to ask her/him. Under oath or affirmation, of course.hangemallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-62976619110986601832010-03-07T01:22:47.672+00:002010-03-07T01:22:47.672+00:00Anon no.2, it's certainly a creeping form of t...Anon no.2, it's certainly a creeping form of tyranny. Rather than rely on a Che Guevara to do it in one go, this method uses a host of Goebbels to do it a bit at a time.Leg-ironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-2397749662920530562010-03-07T01:20:08.242+00:002010-03-07T01:20:08.242+00:00Mrs R - The best ones certainly are.Mrs R - The best ones certainly are.Leg-ironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-71931888849443055022010-03-07T00:39:47.687+00:002010-03-07T00:39:47.687+00:00Excellent Mr L-I.
As for closing all pubs? Why no...Excellent Mr L-I.<br /><br />As for closing all pubs? Why not, they're dens of iniquity aren't they?Mrs Rigbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06389986110372627649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-52273162429439835792010-03-07T00:06:44.572+00:002010-03-07T00:06:44.572+00:00It may be a more efficient dictatorship when they ...It may be a more efficient dictatorship when they can get the citizenry to screw themselves over to begin with and then go all out spying on one another to make sure it remains that way, without the government having to step in and physically present force to make certain that is how the system results.<br /><br />It may also be that having tried it once the other way, in Europe during the 1930's and 40's, they are now more reluctant to make a large show of brutal force upfront as it's apt to be met with too much resistance and create a war, where-as doing it this way and causing it to creep in slowly with the citizen's own allegiance to doing their ownselves in, cutting their own throats, is a less costly and assured way to bring about the intended results - and have them be longer lasting, once it is established.<br /><br />So it may be something along those lines, studied in think-tanks, endorsed by the highest elite, test marketed in various cities across the globe, a little of this in one city, a little of that in another, and then as successful self-suppression is obtained, then it becomes ratified into a written plan of action, from which governments in other localities simply have to follow the written procedures, checking off the boxes, one by one, as each step is taken and the final results already guaranteed.<br /><br />That is pretty much how the world works today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-22508216666894780222010-03-06T23:33:47.237+00:002010-03-06T23:33:47.237+00:00Anon - good point. Although CAMRA's support fo...Anon - good point. Although CAMRA's support for the ban was certainly not intended to close down pubs, the Righteous certainly had that in mind. Drinking and smoking? Stop them both at once!Leg-ironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-41232027477666611102010-03-06T23:10:51.458+00:002010-03-06T23:10:51.458+00:00Spot on, Sir.
(Although whether the pub closures ...Spot on, Sir.<br /><br />(Although whether the pub closures were 100% unintended is to me an open question)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-19026851368693023372010-03-06T23:01:11.520+00:002010-03-06T23:01:11.520+00:00I can't think of a single thing the government...I can't think of a single thing the government or their pet fakecharities have done that has not backfired in spectacular style.<br /><br />They never seem to see it.Leg-ironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-4807551052696534992010-03-06T22:32:29.844+00:002010-03-06T22:32:29.844+00:00I think "unintended consequences" is the...I think "unintended consequences" is the great theme of our age.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.com