I've just read an excellent post by Leg-Iron describing the nature of the war on smokers and how the two different camps operate. The anti's with their command and control structure and their constant visibility. The smokers who, operating as individuals can just pop out of the woodwork, give you a bloody nose and then disappear.
This last week has has proven just how correct Leg-Irons assessment of the situation is with two glaring examples.
The first being the stunt in Kent by the group calling themselves the Ciggy Busters. With the blessing of Rachel Noxon, Tobacco Control Strategic Coordinator Medway public health directorate, an arts teacher, Margherita Gramegna led a band of students from the Hundred of Hoo school, out onto the streets of Kent to steal cigarettes from smokers in public.
The backlash from smokers (and non smokers alike) has been so strong that now, if you Google Rachel Noxon, Margherita Gramegna or Hundred of Hoo School you get a list of blogs denouncing these people and their actions. The Youtube video of the children in action and the Facebook page of the Ciggy Busters have both been taken down. The homepage of Medway Breathes (some anti smoking council waffle from Rachel Noxon) has been made invite only and is password protected. The cameraman who filmed the stunt, Ollie Grapper, has distanced himself from the whole project, even removing anti smoker comments from his Youtube channel for fear his actions may jeopardise his career as a photographer.
Everyone involved in the Ciggy Buster has retreated behind their own lines.
The next story involves an old age pensioner fined by a local council jobsworth for dropping cigarette ash on the street. She refused to pay the £75 ticket and is now looking at a possible £2500 fine in the courts. The Anna Raccoon blogspot linked to has, at the time of writing, got 78 comments. Anna has pledged to do what she can to help this woman, similar to the Nick Hogan incident earlier. Legal help has already been pledged free of charge. If it comes to it, once again all the bloggers will chip together and make this go away. Be it financial or simply moral support.
The Anti smokers simply cannot win. Every time an injustice like this crops up, will will appear, as if from nowhere, fight, then disappear from whence we came.
And as Leg-Iron says. They don't know who we are. They don't know how to stop us.
Have a nice Sunday evening, smokers and non smokers all.
The Moose.
11 Comments:
Some more bad news for the antis,
some of the lower end of society,the chavs ,the scumbags,the Staffy walkers are being encouraged to do something usefull with their
empty existences. Pointed to known zealots during their brunch and capucino breaks is allways good for a laugh.Disturbing cosy evening get togethers is another little source
of pleasure.Finding pro ban MPs in a town centre
bar is a real cracker. Pro ban publicans getting reported to the police for age or drunkeness violations,a real jewel.
Payback themes are endless.
Treat us smokers like rabid dogs
like rabid dogs we will behave.
To late for apologies,the die is cast
No iffs,just the butts
Well, they do, but only when people don't stand up to them. Previously, they have relied on supine MPs to promote their effete cause. Once challenged, they fuck off back to their little hidy hole.
What we really need is MPs with a fucking spine.
The best way to gain such is to not slope back off anymore, but to keep badgering Westminster with the objections of real people, and not quangoes or fake charities.
Chav's , you see, have only one purpose, that is to tell all and sundery to fuck off and every one does. They suppliment their income in very predictable ways and dont seem any the worse for it. I mean with the rightous fucking things up all round, why put into the pot which pays for it, might as well help yourself rather than contribute to it.
In any case, living on an estate full of them, í feel well safe from the rightous or their emploies prowling my street. The coppers know the score and I must say are very careful how they conduct themselves, which they do well, after losing a couple cars to fire.
I am never stuck for smokes, but does anyone know where all the resin has gone?
To be honest I really dont think Westminster gives a shit. We need to show them that their bully tactics aint gonna work.
Defender - The jobsworths always seem to leave the chavs alone and just pick on the vulnerable, dont they?
FE - I agree and intend to keep pushing as far as poss. The editor of This is Kent told me they are going to do a follow up story. I hoping they do and soon because thats the next bit I want to push.
The shite tha antis push out is truly a load of crap.
Keep enjoying your spliffs mate, might even take it up myself.
No problem agitating the scumbags into a bit of
action. For a pouch of GV they'de kick their mams to death let alone unifomed numpties on
butt patrol.
Mind you ,the chance of seeing a butt spotter in
Mancland North is less than nill they tend to
hover round Picadilly looking for old white women and teenage mams pushing buggies (without
the boyfriend ,of course. When challenged about
knee deep kebab wrappers on the pavement outside "ethnic"takeaways they scarper off waving their arms in fear.In one area of Gtr Manchester the butt patrol goes round in 3s and
plain clothed to boot.The problem there is they keep changing the staff so they dont get some
erstwhile attention.
Give em hell
We have a smoke, calm down and let it slide.
This time we have to keep re-watching the Ciggie Bastards video to get the rage back up again.
Yes!!!!
Thank you for contacting us to highlight your concerns and those of your members with the recent Hundred of Hoo School 'Ciggie Busters' campaign/event.
The school contacted Medway police prior to the event and discussed it with our events manager. We were advised that actors would play the role of the 'smokers' with students approaching them, before taking the cigarette from them and 'advising them' about the health issues.
In addition to this Medway NHS were to also be involved as well as the council.
We did advise the school that to approach non-actors could cause problems and to our
knowledge no non-actors were approached. No one has made any allegations of crime regarding this matter, (in so far as no one who was approached has made any complaints).
The school involved police and other agencies in their planning and I believe took on board all our advice and comments. The filming and actions were part of a project the students were under taking and I am told the cameras were clearly visible to all in attendance. This was a deliberate part of the planning as overt cameras and the use of actors would hopefully prevent the people being approached being offended in
any way.
If a person who was not an actor was approached and their property taken etc. we would consider their complaint. However, as no one appears to have been approached in this manner, we shall not at this time be taking this matter further.
I am sorry you feel offended by this incident, but I can assure you that it was meant to be a light hearted educational project, with no harm intended.
Yours faithfully,
Michael
A/ Det Chief Inspector
Medway Police Station.
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