Divide and Rule !
by Rob Layton
One of the oldest political tricks in the book is to divide and rule, whilst we all set about one another the Government of any country can sit back and relax in the safe knowledge that us 'plebs' will leave them alone to do exactly what they want at the expense of our civil rights.
All Governments do it, the latest trick, the no smoking ban will set the cat amongst the pigeons for along time to come in Britain.
The self righteous, arrogant, 'Yahoo Henry's' representing the no smoking lobby are in their element sitting in their Ivory Towers of self righteous indignation whilst they drive their gas guzzling 4x4's, or swan off to exotic destinations poisoning us all gladly with deadly aviation fallout from the infected air that they claim they want to be clean.
The old adage ''One mans meat is another mans poison'' is never truer
than at this moment in time.
I will never advocate smoking to anyone, I believe it to be harmful to anyone who inhales tobacco in excess first hand.
The issue of second hand smoke is still debatable, its effects are undesirable to non smokers and smokers alike.
What angers me is when any group of individuals bent on getting their own way use any misinformation, or faulty data to sell their prejudiced argument to what would be a misinformed public.
Such is the argument about second hand smoke !
We have seen so much nonsense spewed from different organisations the British Government notwithstanding to realise that not all these people tell us is completely the truth, why now should anyone believe alot of the nonsenses they are telling us about smoking ?
So much faulty info exists to inflame people like me, so that we will write something like this.
You may realise what I am saying is the truth, if you are a non smoker, or a smoker you can be infuriated by willful interference with civil liberties. If you do believe me and repeat any of what I have said, guess what ?
The small but very vocal amount of anti smokers with jump down your throat giving the impression that the whole of Britain agrees with them...result 'Divide and Rule'
Yes, a very effective tactic is to appear to have more support for your cause than you actually have. The military have used this tactic since warfare began, shouting and screaming as you charge the enemy gives the impression of greater numbers.
Of all the polls they tell us they did about smoking, tell me when did anyone ask you about the subject ?
No one ever asked me !
The BBC have recently been accused of prize fixing and other forms of deceit, is it any wonder that people who realise that such an organisation is a tool of the state dont believe anything that they, or certain vested interests tell them about anything.
I know of three people who have started smoking again as an act of willful defiance against this totalitarian act of aggression against the smoking voters of this country.
The electorate will decide at the next election if they choose to be led by what many consider to be a pack of interfering, pumped up bunch of corrupt, grumpy, half witted, shameless bigots.
Finally I would like to say in truth, that if I, and millions of smokers had the choice we would not smoke at all.
Millions of my generation were encouraged to smoke by adverts that the television companies broadcast with the consent of previous Governments who probably had an interest in keeping the Tobacco Industry going for some reason.
Different chancellors in my opinion, including this one, have used the budget not just to persecute sections of its own electorate, but to boost the amount of money in Government coffers that non smokers have benefited by over the decades.
If premature death caused by smoking accounted for millions of lives over the decades, it must conclude, that blood money should still be keeping this country going for a good many years yet, including the National health service.
Blood money that was taken on every packet of over inflated tobacco products over the decades and was paid for by dead smokers, benefiting non smokers to this day.
Yes the the price and more has been paid for all the smoking related illnesses of now and future generations by the death of billions of people who never saw any of the benefits of the tax they paid on their 'ciggy's'
The next time you see us lined up in the cold whiffing on our fags, remember we paid the majority of your National health fees, the next time you get a blood transfusion you wont ask if the person who gave you the blood was a smoker, or will you ?
Rob Layton