June 2007 - Page 5 of 7 - Forces International

Next target on the list

The slippery slope argument never gets the respect that it deserves.  The reason people dismiss it is could be due to the inability of decent people to link disparate behaviors into a chain of escalating oppression.  Perhaps it is just too abstract for busy people to spend much time fretting over as they busy themselves with the business of living.  Of course the crack down on various politically incorrect activities really isn’t so much about behaviors as it is about controlling individuals as an end itself.

By webmaster, 17 years ago

Ending our fraud addiction

"The sharp decline in the prevalence of smoking over the past four decades shows signs of slowing while the death toll from cigarettes remains disturbingly high."

By webmaster, 17 years ago

Turning the tide

A small step towards decency and sanity occurred in Wales as a health authority allows the erection of smoking shelters for hospital patients and visitors.  Although such a step falls short of the goal of reintroducing smoking sections within hospitals, the Welch are to be congratulated for recognizing that in the real world people smoke, including patients of the tax-payer financed hospitals.  The compassion shown in Wales is in marked contrast to health authorities in Scotland who are demolishing shelters and forbidding the construction of new ones.
<a href="http://www.freedom2choose.co.uk/news_viewer.php?id=219">Link to original article</a>
<a href="http://www.data-yard.net/10b3/welch-shelter.pdf">Link to stored article</a>

By webmaster, 17 years ago

Dieters snap up new drug despite nasty effects

Well, here it is . . . Nicorrette and NicoDerm CQ distributor GlaxoSmithKline’s over-the-counter retail new diet pill, Alli.  Now smacking around the fat ones to sell more drugs can begin in earnest, the campaign brewing well-developed a decade of experience with pushing smokers to munch nicotine gum in place of enjoying a smoke.  Consumers are reportedly lapping ALLI up in record numbers.  A fat blocker, the pill has a remarkable side effect: take a pill, eat high fat foods, and crap your pants.  We can hear the workplace gossip at Advanced Social Marketing Concepts already . . .

By webmaster, 17 years ago

Bans come in and profits disappear

We all know the drill.  When a smoking ban is proposed anti-tobacco releases a survey that shows a high percentage, generally 75 to 80%, of the affected population supports banning smoking in all restaurants and bars.  Anti-tobacco prophesizes that patronage for restaurants and bars that are no longer allowed to permit smoking will increase as non-smokers flock to venues they formerly avoided.  Bar and restaurant owners, as opposed to the hospitality industry groups, always strongly oppose government intervention into their smoking policies.

By webmaster, 17 years ago

A second take on property rights and antitobacco

<a href="../../../writers/turci/files/belmont2.htm" target="_blank"> Appalled but not surprised</a> – Gian Turci, CEO of FORCES International, weighs in on the trashing of property rights in California.  Disgusted but not surprised at the revolting turn of events, Mr. Turci places the blame squarely where it is deserved: on us.  Yes, anti-tobacco has been working strenuously for years to batter down the door that separates the home from "the public."  Yes, anti-tobacco, its pharmaceutical patrons and corrupt politicians have promulgated the fraud that secondhand smoke is deadly.  That said, the responsibility for maintaining freedom is with the governed and we, the people, have been asleep at the wheel for too long.  At a time of unbelievable prosperity and comfort we amuse ourselves with our gadgets and trust that government will keep the ship of state afloat without bothering us.  Wrong!  The nature of us humans is to push and shove our way to the top of the heap and those who do make that arduous trek are inevitably consumed with the notion that they, not the common people, are best suited to run society and everyone’s lives.  We let them get a way with it and we have it in our power to stop the control freaks in their tracks.

By webmaster, 17 years ago

Anti-smoker slashes wife

A birthday celebration turned extremely ugly as a husband severed his wife’s tongue and windpipe after an argument over her smoking.  She will recover but doctors do not now know whether the reattachment of her tongue will prove successful.  The husband is in jail, charged with attempted murder.  Both are licensed as respiratory care practitioners and employed at a St. Paul Minnesota hospital, a profession and location that is rife with anti-smoking propaganda.

By webmaster, 17 years ago

The turnip truck of state

<a href="../../../writers/kjono/files/turnip.htm" target="_blank"> The turnip truck of state</a> – It’s no secret that President Bush’s approval ratings are in the toilet.  What hasn’t been highlighted, however, is that Congress’s approval ratings make Bush’s look like accolades.  It’s a sad fact that people of all political persuasions are fed up with the "same old, same old" that is Washington, DC.  Normal Kjono takes time to write to his representative and one of his senators, both members of the political party now in charge, to express disappointment that the culture of special interests still holds sway.  From the never-ending Iraq war to the continuing demonization of those who smoke, the politicians persist in promoting the goals of rich interests, such as anti-tobacco and the pharmaceutical industry, over the interests of the residents of the United States.  Approval ratings indicate political subservience to odious special interests groups is a recipe for another housecleaning next year.  Politicians who refuse to represent those who sent them to Washington do so at their peril.

By webmaster, 17 years ago

Keeping tabs on the fat kids

As Christ multiplied fish to help people, so “public health” (our secular Christ) multiplies bureaucracy and public waste.  This time the target is child “obesity”.

By webmaster, 17 years ago

Common ground

The North American and Western European fascination with girth is being picked up in the People’s Republic of China.  No one should be surprised that the anti-obesity agenda, based as it is on coercion, fraud and propaganda, will prove to be a big hit in the world’s largest totalitarian nation.  Anti-fat crusaders in the western democracies are green with envy at the power social engineers in China have to boss around and bully the people.  Common ground between the "free" world and the dictatorships are due to the pre-eminence both societies give to Big Health.  Eating, smoking, drinking and "appropriate" leisure time activities are no longer personal choices but must be regulated by the state to maximize what it imagines to be efficiency and social cohesion.
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,,2095861,00.html">Link to original article</a>
<a href="http://www.data-yard.net/10b3/waltz.pdf">Link to stored article</a>

By webmaster, 17 years ago