tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232613925790974435.post318400744427728627..comments2024-03-28T16:46:50.706+00:00Comments on The Moose: They've only gone and done it againBuckohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169970711606515445noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232613925790974435.post-82670886441177834182017-07-28T22:18:53.590+01:002017-07-28T22:18:53.590+01:00You passed!You passed!Buckohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169970711606515445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232613925790974435.post-31573802526620407882017-07-28T22:18:14.405+01:002017-07-28T22:18:14.405+01:00Test comment.Test comment.Frank Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16267604064923306200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232613925790974435.post-85488667949471029142017-07-28T19:31:25.992+01:002017-07-28T19:31:25.992+01:00hi Tony, thanks for dropping by
Don't mistake...hi Tony, thanks for dropping by<br /><br />Don't mistake my light heartedness for flippancy. It's my first real post and far too soon to start loosing my shit right now<br /><br />I get the hideousness that Tobacco Tactics is though and the fact that they made a point of targeting grass roots and unafilliated people. My hatred for these folks and what they represent, knows no bounds<br /><br />I think Tobacco Tacts was the reason I stopped spending money in CRUK shops. It opened my eyes to the fact that they were in bed with Tobacco Control and that their idea of curing cancer was stopping people smoking, not finding an actual cure that could benefit everyone<br /><br />Time for a smoke, I think :-)Buckohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169970711606515445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232613925790974435.post-25904483628158972812017-07-28T17:28:27.991+01:002017-07-28T17:28:27.991+01:00Glad to see you back blogging. I wish I could be a...Glad to see you back blogging. I wish I could be as lighthearted as you about this news though. <br /><br />Tobacco tactics was a truly vile wiki. Set up 2012, it was a joint venture between CRUK and Smoke Free South West (aka the UK Department of Health). They gave an initial sum of £100,000 to a private detective agency to try to dish up dirt on anyone opposed to the anti-smoking industry. There was a particular focus on Freedom2Choose. A typical entry would name someone and then state that their links to the tobacco industry were being investigated. They never found any or anything else untoward. The entries were propaganda. Smearing individuals. <br /><br />Difficult for people to object to this particularly as the detective agency was based in the Netherlands. <br /><br />The real purpose of this exercise was far more sinister though. There was a thinly veiled threat that once personal details had been uncovered then employers and landlords could be written to demanding the person be sacked or evicted. <br />For example, suppose that person was a schoolteacher. Imagine letters going to the head teacher, school governors and parent teacher association. Each stating that so and so was actively encouraging smoking and asking if such a person was suitable to be educating children. <br /><br />TonyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232613925790974435.post-52041185966978306642017-07-28T17:04:37.647+01:002017-07-28T17:04:37.647+01:00heh! I can just see them being chased down the str...heh! I can just see them being chased down the street by a bunch of angry Thais or South Africans. It's a beautiful picture :-)Buckohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169970711606515445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232613925790974435.post-17758165283461935462017-07-28T16:11:42.580+01:002017-07-28T16:11:42.580+01:00We can only hope they try their hand somewhere whe...We can only hope they try their hand somewhere where the locals are less polite and more violent than Brits.The Janniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13079381718278953267noreply@blogger.com