Tag Archives: the nanny state sent me to bed early

Still don’t get plain packaging

Posted on February 23, 2013 by

This is totally a minor point in a very torrid debate, but I’m going to bring it up anyway.  In a post on the government announcement to move forward on plain packaging, Idiot/Savant says: Cigarette packaging has been used as … Continue reading →

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Gold star for consistency, minus a million for still being a stupid idea

Posted on May 9, 2012 by

Tariana Turia on Q&A, regarding smoking: “If I’m being really honest, I don’t think that having a substance that kills people should be allowed to be sold.” HURRAH!  Some actual internal consistency from a member of the anti-smoking brigade. It … Continue reading →

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Contraception for beneficiaries part 2: get a clue

Posted on May 8, 2012 by

I’m a bit pissed off about this whole free-contraception-for-beneficiaries thing.  And it’s not because of the policy. It’s because of the number of people who should know better saying “Oh well, it doesn’t sound that bad.” The number of people … Continue reading →

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Contraception for beneficiaries pt 1: others said it better

Posted on May 8, 2012 by

So why paraphrase their excellent points? Gordon Campbell: If cost really is the rationale, then these family planning methods should be being made available for free to all women on low incomes, whatever their occupational status. Otherwise, the state is … Continue reading →

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More on cigarette packaging

Posted on April 27, 2012 by

NRT continues to support the “plain packaging” of tobacco products, a subject on which he and I disagree. To [the tobacco industry], packaging is simply a means of circumventing advertising restrictions and of marketing to people they shouldn’t be marketing … Continue reading →

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Being on the wrong side of the cigarette packaging debate

Posted on April 22, 2012 by

Australia is moving towards legislating that all cigarettes be sold in “plain” packaging, and various New Zealand groups are all in favour.  So are a few dudes I normally line up with on social issues. On the other side, there’s … Continue reading →

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Recommended reading: men talking good shit edition

Posted on April 13, 2011 by

A trifecta of good stuff for you this evening. Craig Ranapia on Greg “if everyone would just be good little proles then the cops wouldn’t have to beat you” O’Connor and Tiki “brown man with completely inexplicable dislike of agents … Continue reading →

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Who needs identity politics?

Posted on December 4, 2009 by

Alas, dear friends, it is late in the night and I’m buggered if I can recall what trail of sorry links lead me to the posts upon which I am to unleash my wrath. It’s yet another spin-off of the … Continue reading →

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