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andy davis 25/02/2008 10:26:38 |
RE: 10% profit drop since smoke ban for hosts Ken I dont doubt what you ve said for a second. My point is that every effort should be made to make ignoring this impossible. If everyone just buries their heads in the sand and apathetically accepts the plight forced on them by HMG, then the ban will be assumed to be acceptable. And frankly those that let this happen deserve all they get. The review will happen, it gives HMG a get out clause for getting the whole thing wrong. However with ASH and friends being the only side to make any noise, theirs will be the only voice listened to. This post replies to Ken Nason > RE: 10% profit drop since smoke ban for hosts |
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Ken Nason 25/02/2008 11:42:38 |
RE: 10% profit drop since smoke ban for hosts Andy you totally misread the word review. This will not be about reviwing whether the ban should stay but what needs to be done further or better to achieve it's aims.i.e. reducing smoking not protecting workers.
Ken Nason This post replies to andy davis > RE: 10% profit drop since smoke ban for hosts |
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| J Mark Dodds 26/02/2008 00:36:02 |
RE: 10% profit drop since smoke ban for hosts There is no apostrophe in its unless it's an abbreviation Mark Dodds FRSA BII BaHons KewSGD BSES This post replies to Ken Nason > RE: 10% profit drop since smoke ban for hosts |
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| David Pott 26/02/2008 00:56:46 |
RE: 10% profit drop since smoke ban for hosts There is no apostrophe in its unless it's an abbreviation That depends upon when you were first taught English grammer and what was is fashion at the time. This post replies to J Mark Dodds > RE: 10% profit drop since smoke ban for hosts |
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| J Mark Dodds 26/02/2008 01:59:32 |
RE: 10% profit drop since smoke ban for hosts Actually NO. Grammatically there is no way out of it. Rules are rules. "Its" when referring to something that belongs to something is always possessive and an apostrophe is quite simply wrong, whether it's singular or it's plural. I liked the cut of its jib. It's doubtful if its lips could hide the huge sharp teeth in its mouth. "It is". "It has" as in "it's got" are all missing something and need an apostrophe. The rules have never been different, and if taught otherwise, it's the teacher what taught it's different was wrong. Innit. This post replies to David Pott > RE: 10% profit drop since smoke ban for hosts |
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Michael J. McFadden 26/02/2008 04:12:26 |
RE: 10% profit drop since smoke ban for hosts "the Government are committed to a review of the legislation, so if any problems occur which were not expected while the legislation was being formulated, the legislation may be reconsidered." The problem here is that the problems WERE "expected" (they're usually referred to by antismoking lobbyists as a "temporary adjustment period") and in 3 years it will be found that the surviving pubs are actually not doing that badly. They'll absorb the leftover customers of the 20% or so that have been forced to close and they'll have "restructured" with lower wages, higher prices, and more emphasis on food. The classic drinking pubs will have been decimated several times over while the Americanized big chains will seem to be doing OK. Just too bad for the small folks who got killed along the way. The only way out of the ban is education and resistance. The antismoking lobby has you outgunned on every other battlefield: they simply have more money plus endless numbers of paid professionals to push propaganda to the media and MPs. Educate owners, staff, and patrons about the lies at the base of the ban through using materials like the "Day Of Defiance!" booklet at http://www.smokersclubinc.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4472 and you at least have a fighting chance when people get angry about the lies. Statements by folks like Johnson about "no significant evidence that the bans are causing harm" help too.
Michael J. McFadden Author of "Dissecting Antismokers' Brains" www.Antibrains.com This post replies to this thread |
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