preface of book on anti-smoker's brains
- From: FACE <AFaceInTheCrowd@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:11:13 -0400
Long since having reached the point of being ridiculous, someone has written a
book on dissecting the brain of the anti-smoker -- that would be those that live
int he fear that someone, somewhere, is having a good time, that would be the
people who seeing someone a football pitch away smoking a cigarette, double over
in sanctimonious spasms of purely self-righteous and selfish indignation....and
look much like this in outward personality on the issue --
http://www.antibrains.com/images/LucyPageGaston.jpg
This is the author's preface linked from http://www.antibrains.com/ :
I am not now, nor have I ever, been a member of the Communist Party.
I am also not now, nor have I ever, been affiliated with Big Tobacco or their
stocks, nor do I have any plans to be.
I also do not here, nor have I ever, tried to claim that smoking is generally
good for you, although many find enough enjoyment in it to justify its risks. I
do however argue that long-term risk from normal contact with other peoples’
smoke are virtually non-existent. Dissecting Antismokers’ Brains will show clear
evidence that the risk of secondary smoke to nonsmokers has been twisted and
exaggerated beyond all reason purely as a tool of social engineering.
Even the infamous EPA Report of 1993 testified more to the safety of secondary
smoke than to its danger. According to the EPA figures themselves, a nonsmoker
living with a smoker for 30 to 40 years would have better than a 99.9% chance of
not getting lung cancer from such long-term and constant exposure (based upon
the claimed 19% increase over the base rate of .4%).
Now that those preliminaries are out of the way:
This book will provide insight into the forces and motivations driving the
activists of what has been called The Great American Antismoking Crusade. It
also examines the media-intensive techniques used to mold political opinion and
action around this issue. The lessons learned from analyzing the use of these
techniques in government hearings, in sophisticated television spots, and on
highway billboards may help us all resist future efforts by special interest
groups control over our thoughts and behaviors.
Whether it’s a seemingly small issue like smoking, or a larger issue like
government spending or international conflict, citizens of a democracy need to
learn how to battle foes that have bulging war-chests and control of the popular
media.
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