photographs of alleged smoking damage on cigarette packets

Britannist · 29-08-2007, 06:57 PM

It was announced today that cigarette packets are to have pictures of alleged damaged cause by smoking cigarettes printed on them.

But who is behind the decision to put photographs of alleged damage caused by smoking on packets of cigarettes?

Well, the answer is the EU - but no one in the media (television or radio) appears to be saying so. The decision to put graphic photographs of alleged damage caused by smoking was made by the EU several years ago.

The following shows some of the graphic pictures which, apparently, are to appear on cigarette packets (please be aware that the pictures are not nice and may upset some viewers):

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6968580.stm

There's also this report on the same subject (the same warning as above applies):

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/...281792,00.html

g hall · 29-08-2007, 07:46 PM

I wonder if photographs of patients denied treatment by NICE will start appearing on medicines ?
or photographs of servicemen denied proper equipment appearing on tanks ?

Hartlepool · 29-08-2007, 07:56 PM

The media said that the ideas for these pictures came from Canada,Singapore and other places around the globe but no mention of the Communist European Union being involved,I wonder why?

John Carter · 29-08-2007, 08:07 PM

I reckon it'll be OK to flypost mosques with a few pics then. Same deal, right?

Tom Wilde · 29-08-2007, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by John Carter

I reckon it'll be OK to flypost mosques with a few pics then. Same deal, right?

Sure, that's fine. On the same principle, I'm just off to pin notices to church doors with engravings of people being tortured by the Inquisition/burned at the stake/murdered by the IRA etc etc with the caption "victims of Christianity".

Well actually, no I'm not. Because it would be stupid, just like faithfreedom's attack on Islam.

John Carter · 29-08-2007, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom Wilde

Sure, that's fine. On the same principle, I'm just off to pin notices to church doors with engravings of people being tortured by the Inquisition/burned at the stake/murdered by the IRA etc etc with the caption "victims of Christianity".

The inquisition was a response to muslim invasion. The IRA was a territorial claim thing (much like we have going with the EU at the moment - UKIP is the new Sinn Fein).

Both are historical. Unlike pics on fag packets and muslim violence.

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Originally Posted by Tom Wilde

Because it would be stupid, just like faithfreedom's attack on Islam.

You are badly misguided. Go read the koran.

tito · 30-08-2007, 12:34 AM

...That is disgusting. Just who on earth do these people think they are?

Whatever next?

g hall · 30-08-2007, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by tito

...That is disgusting. Just who on earth do these people think they are?

Whatever next?

Pictures of Gordon the Moron to make you vote Tory

Tom Wilde · 30-08-2007, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by John Carter

The inquisition was a response to muslim invasion.

That's an interesting and innovative theory!

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Originally Posted by John Carter

The IRA was a territorial claim thing

Exactly! I think you may have missed the point of my posting, which was exactly that it would be grossly unfair to blame Christianity as a whole for the IRA, and also unfair to blame Islam as a whole for the terror perpetrated by the fanatics currently running Iran. It would be fairer if we got a bit more specific; let's blame the IRA for IRA atrocities and blame the Ayatollahs for atrocities in Iran.

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Originally Posted by John Carter

(much like we have going with the EU at the moment - UKIP is the new Sinn Fein).

A charming comparison! Fortunately, UKIP doesn't have an armed wing planting bombs in pubs!

John Carter · 30-08-2007, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom Wilde

That's an interesting and innovative theory!

It's a fact. islam invaded Iberia (and half of France). Popey drove them back. The Inquisition was essentially designed to ensure that they'd properly driven islam off the continent and that there weren't any fifth-columist hangers on left. In essence, it was a response to the troubles brought about by multi-culturalism.

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Originally Posted by some lefite on wiki

The Spanish Inquisition was motivated in part by the multi-religious nature of Spanish society following the reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula from the Moors (Muslims). Much of the Iberian Peninsula was dominated by Moors following their invasion of the peninsula in 711 until they were expelled by means of a long campaign of reconquest. However, the reconquest did not result in the full expulsion of Muslims from Spain, but instead yielded a multi-religious society made up of Catholics, Jews and Muslims. Granada to the south, in particular remained under Moorish control until 1492, and large cities, especially Seville, Valladolid, and Barcelona, had large Jewish populations centred in Juderías.
The reconquest produced a relatively peaceful co-existence - although not without periodic conflicts - among Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the peninsula's kingdoms.

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Originally Posted by Tom Wilde

Exactly! I think you may have missed the point of my posting, which was exactly that it would be grossly unfair to blame Christianity as a whole for the IRA, and also unfair to blame Islam as a whole for the terror perpetrated by the fanatics currently running Iran. It would be fairer if we got a bit more specific; let's blame the IRA for IRA atrocities and blame the Ayatollahs for atrocities in Iran.

No. Go read the koran.

Here's the difference (and you'll have to take me at my word until you go read the source documents - but do feel free to check them):
Violence as perpetrated by the IRA is *against* Christian philosophy and New Testament teachings (as is the conquest of other nations in the name of the religion).
Violence as perpetrated by modern-day islam is *fully endorsed* by the koran.

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Originally Posted by Tom Wilde

A charming comparison! Fortunately, UKIP doesn't have an armed wing planting bombs in pubs!

Indeed. The political-only comparison is spot-on though.

29-08-2007, 06:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
Britannist Uber Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London Posts: 22,896	photographs of alleged smoking damage on cigarette packets - who is behind them? It was announced today that cigarette packets are to have pictures of alleged damaged cause by smoking cigarettes printed on them. But who is behind the decision to put photographs of alleged damage caused by smoking on packets of cigarettes? Well, the answer is the EU - but no one in the media (television or radio) appears to be saying so. The decision to put graphic photographs of alleged damage caused by smoking was made by the EU several years ago. The following shows some of the graphic pictures which, apparently, are to appear on cigarette packets (please be aware that the pictures are not nice and may upset some viewers): http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6968580.stm There's also this report on the same subject (the same warning as above applies): http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/...281792,00.html

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Hartlepool Uber Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: North East England Posts: 6,660 Party: Free England Party	The media said that the ideas for these pictures came from Canada,Singapore and other places around the globe but no mention of the Communist European Union being involved,I wonder why?

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John Carter Uber Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: On Sabbatical Posts: 5,110	I reckon it'll be OK to flypost mosques with a few pics then. Same deal, right?