tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7430921577426368890.post7705159509351951806..comments2024-03-07T06:39:52.247+00:00Comments on Nothing 2 Declare: What More Can We Do?Smoking Hothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04534745989363293923noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7430921577426368890.post-69330261657497540332014-01-14T01:27:24.618+00:002014-01-14T01:27:24.618+00:00Sorry but l can't agree with you there Junican...Sorry but l can't agree with you there Junican mate. Can you tell me what's politically correct in NOT publishing peoples rights ... direct from HMRC/BF's own rule/regs book? lt isn't as though we are highlighting loopholes ... we are highlighting the law!<br /><br />Simon Clark knows this full well ... and yet he chooses to direct people to HMRC instead! <br /><br />Plain packaging campaign was for the TC's. TBH virtually every smoker l know couldn't really give a rat's ass about PP.<br /><br />Yes l saw that about charterSmoking Hothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04534745989363293923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7430921577426368890.post-68841321070191668532014-01-13T22:47:49.891+00:002014-01-13T22:47:49.891+00:00I think that you are being very hard on Simon Clar...I think that you are being very hard on Simon Clark. But I do agree that Customs is hardly the place to get unbiased opinion! <br />Clark's problem is that he has to stay largely within the 'politically correct' spectrum of opinion if he is to do the job which his group is organised to do, namely, to lobby politicians. It is not the purpose of Forest to deal with the thuggery of customs. <br />Also, I suspect that his funding is very limited, as compared with the funding of Tobacco Control.<br />But we should give credit to Forest about the plain packaging consultation. <br />But you guys are doing a great job simply by having the required information available for people to read. It is up to them whether they bother or not. I suspect that many people do not realise how much they are at risk. Thankfully, I have never been stopped, but I suspect that I would have been easy meat for the thieves. Having read your blog, I now go on holiday fully prepared - statement of truth, list of previous purchase, copies of letters that I have written to my MP and others, and, most of all in my opinion, proof-positive that I can afford my purchases. Part of my objective is to give them no excuse to even hold on to my property, even temporarily, on the grounds that I have been unable to provide the required information. <br />'Political correctness' is what has buggered everything up. Tobacco has become "The Big C" - nobody wants to talk about it. <br />But people are taking notice. Every day, I get a large number of readers of my 'growing' essay. The total of readers, over the last four years, has grown and grown. What is interesting is that the number of people who actually grow their own will never be known, because of people's fear. But that is good, because it gives the Zealots no big target to aim at. What they have is tens or hundreds of thousands of tiny little targets which are not worth the cost of a cruise missile each. <br />So just keep doing what you are doing. People who have had their goods stolen will not therefore ever not import stuff again. They will look for information, and that is part of the usefulness of your blog. <br />By the way, I am sure that you must be aware that the House of Lords rejected the 'objectors' charter' bill. Junican https://www.blogger.com/profile/03405543859782362078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7430921577426368890.post-24052088438342512102014-01-12T17:32:07.903+00:002014-01-12T17:32:07.903+00:00Maybe we need more advertising, Even paid for if i...Maybe we need more advertising, Even paid for if it gets the word out. What about another group on facebook actively promoting Smokers rights.<br />GarryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7430921577426368890.post-82430655936584279532014-01-10T22:23:14.670+00:002014-01-10T22:23:14.670+00:00Have to add this ... Simon Clark has it within his...Have to add this ... Simon Clark has it within his control to save hundreds, if not thousands, of cross-border shoppers from being robbed by Border Force yet he doesn't. There's no excuse for that! Yet he has the audacity to put himself forward as the voice and friend of the smoker. With 'friends' like that you don't need enemies. Smoking Hothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04534745989363293923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7430921577426368890.post-55206850842444593962014-01-10T22:08:35.773+00:002014-01-10T22:08:35.773+00:00When you have the country sleepwalking into such a...When you have the country sleepwalking into such as the Anti-Social Behaviour Crime and Police Bill where it's going to be illegal just to annoy people ... l kid you not ... do you really expect them to do anything remotely positive or active?<br /><br />They are too busy watching crap like X-Factor, Celeb Get Me Out Of Here, on Facebook or playing PC games. That gives the government free reign to do what they want ... and so they do. There's only the awkward sods like ourselves that put up resistance and we don't have the resources to make a massive impact but we can cause damage ... and do. <br /><br />So we do what we can :) Smoking Hothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04534745989363293923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7430921577426368890.post-39237859123154742772014-01-10T21:11:01.725+00:002014-01-10T21:11:01.725+00:00The WEB has obviously not reached enough smokers.
...The WEB has obviously not reached enough smokers.<br />It is to restricted to the converted.<br />We have to reach out to those who stand near a million or more<br />locations,with posters,with stickers,with pamphlets,yes with sarcasm,with insults,with black propoganda,with lies,with deception,every trick in the book.<br />Print and be damned<br />Lets ask how many of the so called "Freedom Fighters"will commit themselves to a concerted paper action instead of the pointless continuous twittering and digital muttering<br />Just put it to the 100+ "campaigns/bloggers etc<br />....ARE YOU IN.......OR.........ARE YOU OUT ??????<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7430921577426368890.post-2460015975165313822014-01-10T17:37:30.113+00:002014-01-10T17:37:30.113+00:00Totally agree with you Smokey. There all mouth and...Totally agree with you Smokey. There all mouth and no trousers. We need more guys like youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7430921577426368890.post-74057021092440642242014-01-10T11:47:01.072+00:002014-01-10T11:47:01.072+00:00Simon Clark should be truthful and change the bann...Simon Clark should be truthful and change the banner to voice & friend of the tobacco companies. The link to customs l could say is beyond belief but that would not be true given his record.Neilonoreply@blogger.com