As a result, the zealots who conducted the research want all films that depict smoking to have an 18 certificate.
Aside from the ludicrous fact that films and TV shows such as "Peter Pan" and Thunderbirds (they were always having a fag and boozing in the TV series) would end up being made adults only, don't these sad twats realise that by "forbidding" something in this way makes it even more attractive?
Once the zealots have forbidden us watching people smoking, they will then forbid us to watch people eating fatty foods and drinking booze.
Oh, and by the way, if they are so concerned about health why the fark don't they do something about cars then?
Researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine found the chance of suffering an attack increased by 1.3% in the six hours after coming in contact with high levels of vehicle-related pollutants.
They singled out tiny particles known as PM10 and nitrogen dioxide which are both expelled by cars as the main culprits.
In fact, on the subject of pollution, what the hell is going on in Wales?
"Of possibly more worrying importance for Europe is that I saw today THREE brand new 'boxes' being installed in my local area. Green, 4 feet tall, air intake on top, exhaust vent on the back, air pump constantly pulling air through a suspiciously military looking black metal unit inside. Couldn't see all of the printing on that, but it looks like a NSN (Nato Stock Number. I'm ex-RAF and I've seen millions of them). Built hurriedly (I'm an engineer and I know the difference) with commercially available components everywhere you can see by shining a torch through the vents. Installers all very hostile to anyone asking questions. Which I did. Was pointedly told to fuck off and mind my own business.
Ok, they're quite obviously environmental monitoring stations. But designed to measure what? Fallout?..
After Fukushima, most of the governmental rad monitoring stations in North America and many parts of Europe went dead. Offline. We have no bananas. No one here guv. What's this 'radiation' thing again?
What's your local area? On what type of land are they sited? Also, did they have UHF/VHF antennae on top? A flat satcoms box? A panel for access to a display/meter? Solar panel on top, or wired to the grid, etc?...
North Wales, UK.
All on cycle paths; moderately 'off the beaten track' positions. Looks like theres a GPRS antenna inside near the top (top made of fiberglass and marked 'Morgan Marine' on one corner), also a visible 'wallwart' that looks very much like a cellphone charger plugged into a 6-pack extension strip mounted inside on the back. All 3 sited immediately next to a street light pole and wired into it (fresh asphalt strip between pole and green box on all of them).
They're not elegantly engineered at all. Look thrown together out of the cheapest commercially available parts they could get - rain guard inside mesh screen on top is simply a plastic funnel with a rubber 'condom' blanking off the top.
Look like this;
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I suspect that, these cabinets will provide Nanny with another stick to beat us all with.
ReplyDeleteI suspect that the EUSSR has more than likely issued a diktat that requires British Nanny to monitor some eco thing or other and Nanny, as a good drone will eagerly comply.
Regarding smoking in films and how that would make kids copy......This is utter bollocks because when I was a young lad, most films contained scenes with smoking in them and I have never smoked even though, at the time it was almost expected that all adults smoked; my don't times change!
If we follow Nanny's logic to it's natural conclusion then we must stop showing murder or theft or any other crime on TV because surely, showing these actions will make people try it too.
I agree with you Ken about making something more attractive to kids by banning it.....I grew up in London's East End and was told by my parents to keep away from the bombed out debries and the docks but, I found those places far too much of a draw and often went there just because I was not supposed to.
Those cabinets look/sound like standard air pollution monitoring stations. Plenty of them around the country, especially in city centres and along main roads, so I don't see the need for all the cloak-and-dagger nonsense. The UHF antennae will be just for telemetry - pollution monitoring stations are permanently online so radio telemetry is used where there's no handy landline. Hasn't been a leak at Trawsfynydd, has there?
ReplyDeleteI don’t know why shit research like this ever gets any publicity.
ReplyDeleteOf course children are influenced by what they see in films and on the TV. So are adults. That is how advertising works! What are they telling us that we don’t already know?
If I am shown a starving African child on the television, the whole point is to influence my behaviour. They made the advert because they want me to send them money. But whether I do or not is purely my decision.
If they are saying that children today are so stupid that they cannot make decisions for themselves and are more likely to smoke based on the habits of film characters, then not only is that a serious fault in the children’s education, but also a dangerous precedent.
In the future a legitimate defence for a joy-rider could be that he has spent the last 2 months playing Grand Theft Auto.
A rapist could argue that his access to internet porn made him do it.
A DVD of the film Se7en found in a murders home could be mitigation for the crime.
People have to take responsibility for their own choices and actions, and not continually look around for something or someone to blame.
I understand that a lot of the classic cartoon shows have been edited to remove scenes where the characters have big cigars in their mouths, or other manifestations of the "evil weed". Not down to British Nanny either, rather US Nanny.
ReplyDeleteThe US is not entirely removing smokers from their movies; the stock bad guy with a British accent is becoming the bad guy with the British accent who is smoking.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was young I remember watching handsome men kissing delightful young women. I haven't been able to resist doing the same ever since ...
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