tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post3026207243940560315..comments2024-03-28T18:32:00.146+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: You’d Have To Have A Heart Of Stone…JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-79069682871800270312009-07-22T17:23:26.671+01:002009-07-22T17:23:26.671+01:00"...these people aren't big on human natu...<i>"...these people aren't big on human nature are they?"</i> <br /><br />Only on trying to alter it...<br /><br /><i>"Billion dollar industry vs billion dollar industry."</i> <br /><br />Precisely! And yet anti-nicotine gum is presumably not created by evil capitalists, but grown organically by peasant farmers...<br /><br /><i>"..the interference of government, national and local plus other do-gooder bodies in people's lives.."</i> <br /><br />It;'s insidious, and it's not showing signs of slowing down.<br /><br /><i>"A CHILD of 14 is still the responsibility of the parent, they do not automatically transfer ownership to the state when they get to school."</i> <br /><br />THe left are all very much of the 'all your children are belong to us' mindset.<br /><br /><i>"Teenage kids will always find something stupid to do, and I'm entertained that schools are now actively helping in this."</i> <br /><br />They used to help with old fashioned chemistry lessons! Probably these are now so heavily H&S policed, they are no fun any more...JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-9696479222811521372009-07-22T10:49:20.711+01:002009-07-22T10:49:20.711+01:00Teenage kids will always find something stupid to ...Teenage kids will always find something stupid to do, and I'm entertained that schools are now actively helping in this.<br /><br />We used to just have people sniffing glue, lighters and deodrant cans - one actually died in a spurt of Darwin-affirming stupidity.<br /><br />Seeing schools actively help them amuses me somewhat.Eckersalldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683974531982922955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-2135578829036028662009-07-22T10:13:16.550+01:002009-07-22T10:13:16.550+01:00I´d be furious if they were giving out powerful dr...I´d be furious if they were giving out powerful drug filled chewing gum to my kids without my permission.<br /><br />When my kids were at school and they were due to be "preached to" by somebody, we were informed by letter with an option to say "No thank you".<br /><br />A CHILD of 14 is still the responsibility of the parent, they do not automatically transfer ownership to the state when they get to school.<br /><br />What would have happened if he had found the nicotine gum in his mums purse and scoffed the lot?<br /><br />Would she have social services in there hauling him away to be adopted on the QT?Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07165615283953837706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-6135326079449224012009-07-22T10:07:53.194+01:002009-07-22T10:07:53.194+01:00In all this the same thing many people are dead ag...In all this the same thing many people are dead against keeps cropping up - the interference of government, national and local plus other do-gooder bodies in people's lives, to the detriment of family involvement in the process, i.e. parents.<br /><br />By creating a nanny state, the socialists are effectively saying. "And another thing - you're now incapable of looking after your own children." Hence mentoring services, secret handing out of drugs and condoms and so on.<br /><br />The state is assuming the role of the parent.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-49363668134489576102009-07-22T10:04:29.710+01:002009-07-22T10:04:29.710+01:00Isn't it wonderful? Nicotine introduced to the...Isn't it wonderful? Nicotine introduced to the bloodstream via cigarettes produced by eeevil tobacco companies = bad; nicotine ingested via chewing gum produced by pharmacos = okay with us as long as it weans you off the ciggies.<br /><br />Billion dollar industry vs billion dollar industry. The only difference being that pharamcos are allowed to advertise their products.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-19872568380152618892009-07-22T10:02:22.410+01:002009-07-22T10:02:22.410+01:00Do they really think that teenage boys want to qui...Do they really think that teenage boys want to quit smoking? these people aren't big on human nature are they?Syonisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10708833052403969268noreply@blogger.com