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All you can do is laugh. “Are cars the new tobacco?” Here we go again….. Big Cars is the new Big Tobacco. How much do cars cost the economy each year [ignoring the income they provide]? How many people will … Continue reading
Category Archives: The Nanny State
The moral police
I was browsing the Into today when I came across an interesting piece. “SOME residents in a nursing home drank too much while socialising locally, putting their safety at risk, inspectors have found.” Now this is not a maximum security … Continue reading
Life is bad for you
If it isn’t tobacco, alcohol, salt or fat, it has to be sugar. Now fizzy drinks are being blamed for causing diabetes. Of course we have all the usual clichés – “landmark studies”, “clear messages”. How soon before it’s a … Continue reading
Holy Smoke
Where is Greenpeace when you need it? Where is the Tobacco Control, Anti-Smoker lobby who is normally so active? Where are those politicians who provide all those lovely caring laws to protect us from all the evils and dangers of … Continue reading
An App for the Righteous
I came across a nauseating little item today. The Environmental Protection Agency has produced an “app” for mobile phones so that the Righteous can report their neighbours for polluting. What kind of world do we live in where neighbours are … Continue reading