Excellent article about ANTZ motives

[DrMA]

My fave part:
«The call by nicotine nazis for control of safe electronic cigarettes is proof, for those who need it, that what they really hate is satisfaction.

Instead of supplication, smokers will, if there is a fifth phase, smoke proudly, and celebrate the positive trade-off between understated personal benefits and exaggerated risks. They will have contempt for the argument that public health costs excuse public health oppression. And they will resist the nationalisation of their bodies.»

http://www.bdlive.co.za/opinion/columnists/2015/10/14/nicotine-nazis-hate-one-thing-pleasure
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[JC Okie]

Good article.

 

[AndriaD]

My fave part:
«The call by nicotine nazis for control of safe electronic cigarettes is proof, for those who need it, that what they really hate is satisfaction.

Instead of supplication, smokers will, if there is a fifth phase, smoke proudly, and celebrate the positive trade-off between understated personal benefits and exaggerated risks. They will have contempt for the argument that public health costs excuse public health oppression. And they will resist the nationalisation of their bodies.»

http://www.bdlive.co.za/opinion/columnists/2015/10/14/nicotine-nazis-hate-one-thing-pleasure
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EXCELLENT!!! I tweeted it, FBed it, and posted the link on my own site! He is RIGHT ON THE MONEY!

Andria

 

[Kent C]

Louw is executive director of the Free Market Foundation

 

[skoony]

Louw is executive director of the Free Market Foundation

Thanks for the info. don't you think he is a little wishy washy on the subject?

mike

 

[Kent C]

Thanks for the info. don't you think he is a little wishy washy on the subject?

mike

Uh.... no. I kinda like the Nicotine Nazi tag. For whomever didn't like "ANTZ" (SmokeyJoe?) a while back, this would be my replacement :- )

 

[OldBatty]

Uh.... no. I kinda like the Nicotine Nazi tag. For whomever didn't like "ANTZ" (SmokeyJoe?) a while back, this would be my replacement :- )

Love it! Nicotine Nazi has a nice ring to it and is much more likely to go 'viral' than "ANTZ" We could co-opt a B vitamin number for nicotine while were at it. As in "who are these Nicotine Nazis and why are they trying to ban vitamin B52"

BTW what happened to number 4, 8, 10 and 11?

 

[OldBatty]

BTW what happened to number 4, 8, 10 and 11?

To answer my own question. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_vitamins#Related_compounds
Do not see nicotine mentioned there...

 

[rico942]

NicoNazi ?

 

[NorthOfAtlanta]

To answer my own question. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_vitamins#Related_compounds
Do not see nicotine mentioned there...

They hid it,

http://www.sott.net/article/270514-Nicotine-vs-nicotinic-acid-niacin

couldn't bring themselves to use it's real name and admit there was something good about nicotine.

 

[Katya]

NicoNazi ?

Godwin's Law?

 

[Kent C]

Godwin's Law?

I've found that Godwin's law is invoked by Nazis. It's a bit like those who protest bringing up politics in these discussions - it's always their politics that is being exposed for what they are.

 

[sofarsogood]

I was clueless about ecigs unitl a few weeks before I started vaping. A few days into searching and reading news stories it was obvious to me that the 800 pound gorilla is the money. A year later after reading many hundreds more news stories nothing has reduced my conviction about that

 

[Nimaz]

Nicophobia! I use to smoke everywhere, and progressively became embarrassed to smoke even where it's allowed. Realized with time that I was at disadvantage at work, in heath care and life insurances as a smoker. Feeling viewed as a bad person or a criminal in some instances. This is not why I stopped. I stopped because I found something better. I keep having some of the same phobias as a vaper, even if there is no much to hold against nicotine vapor. The same anti-cigarette tactics seems to take place against vaping, even when they go against common sense.

 

[nicnik]

Nicophobia! I use to smoke everywhere, and progressively became embarrassed to smoke even where it's allowed. Realized with time that I was at disadvantage at work, in heath care and life insurances as a smoker. Feeling viewed as a bad person or a criminal in some instances. This is not why I stopped. I stopped because I found something better. I keep having some of the same phobias as a vaper, even if there is no much to hold against nicotine vapor. The same anti-cigarette tactics seems to take place against vaping, even when they go against common sense.

Sounds like me. I gotta get over the guilt.