Think of the children and just plain stupid people...

[KulrMeStoopid]

While all this talk is happening and the false theory of ecigs being a gateway to smoking for YOUNG CHILDREN, lets take a look at all the other things that are possible gateways or things that should be banned because... well they just lead people into doing incredibly stupid.... bad things.

http://www.break.com/article/kids-not-are-snortng-smarties-and-getting-nasal-maggots-2566070

The latest fear-mongering story being shared with parents comes from Boston – if you have kids or plan to have kids or are short enough to be mistaken for a kid, you better sit down. Kids are snorting Smarties. You know those rolls of little candies you get on Halloween? Yeah, those. And it gets worse. Portsmouth Middle School needs you to know that all this Smarties snorting may lead to nasal maggots.

You may recall the trend of butt chugging and/or the use of vodka tampons from not too long ago, which the media assures us is real and, even after Snopes disproved vodka tampons, some media sources got quotes from medical professionals and law enforcement assuring us they were real, despite how it’s literally impossible to get drunk from using tampons soaked in vodka unless you somehow avoid the terrible burn and stuff yourself with maybe 4 dozen of them.

A few years ago, police in San Luis Obispo contacted the media to warn parents about Pedobear and how he’s associated with pedophiles and how you need to stay away from him and his lecherous ways. They did this in all seriousness.

CBS warned us of the dangerous Japanese trend of eyeball licking and how it’s lead to an outbreak of pink eye. There were numerous clips of it on Youtube proving it was a dangerous trend, of course. Look for any stories about kids seeing doctors for serious eye-licking issues and you’ll find as many stories as you’ll find about nasal maggots.

What else has Youtube forced our kids to do? In 2010 it was sack tapping, the terrible trend of kids slapping or punching each other in the nuts. Because kids are that dumb. There was also the scourge of The Choking Game. Look it up and you'll see stories in Salon and other magazines about real deaths caused by this menace. Of course, the CDC says there were 82 deaths related to this particular epidemic from 1995 to 2007, and a survery of 5400 kids indicated only 6% had ever tried, menaing 94% had not, but all it takes is one story for hte media to make it a terrible trend, then share it with others.

And the final thought

Next week you may hear that kids are whistling up each other’s asses. Or maybe gerbilling will make a comeback, depends on how slow the news is that day.

 

[Miss Pepper]

Come to the conclusion that this gateway thing is BS as i was walking from the bus stop to my house a few days ago, vaping, when a group of kids (approx 13yrs old) yelled over "oi, got a spare fag love" and burst out laughing. Not sure vaping is 'cool' to kids like cigs are.

What people forget is kids dont, most dont, have fears at the age when they experiment, be it cigs, booze or illigal substances.

I stopped clubbing it all the time at 18 as it was no longer fun trying to get in and my booze tolerance had increased. Went from getting sozzled on half a snakebite at 14 to needing a few pints of it at 18.

Can look back and laugh at some of the things i got up to. Equally some will have me in tears. But now im 38 and im me.

Im sure a lot of people share the same experiences growing up. Its part of life that you experiment, learn and forge your own life in the world.

 

[Chegs]

& there's the rub....each successive government tries to introduce ever more protective regulations...the nanny state is getting to be so fucking irritating.When I was a young kid,I would walk home alone through dark parks as even at that tender age I'd figured out that the folks I was supposed to be scared of were probably scared of dark parks when they were alone.I admit that society has changed,media coverage is now global & instant,but that does not mean that just because some asian kid got beaten up crossing a park,the same will happen to my kids.There was something on TV (god knows how long ago)that stated that the fear of crime is more stressful than the actual crime(or similar)as folks were complaining about hoodie wearers stood on streets.

People keep harping on about "renormalising of smoking" being the cause of major concerns over e-cigs,and that people will see clouds of vapour & think "hey,I think I'll take up smoking" That's about as sensible an objection as stating that just because millions of cars on the roads of the UK can exceed 70 MPH and a few thousand do,then it'll "renormalise speeding" (maybe I shouldn't alert the morons in government that cars can be built that can break the law in case the government decides to regulate the whole fucking manufacturing of vehicles to make it impossible)

 

[gords1001]

I was at my stepsons rugby do just before Christmas.

The boys are all between 12 and thirteen. It was kind of worrying that the parents had no idea what my private v2 with trident on was and all the kids kept saying "nice ecig".....they know what it is, surely the government should approach the subject like they do with teenage pregnancy, by attempting to educate rather than hide it?

 

[Phantom Diablo]

its a bloody farce no mistake. and in reality a huge part of the fault lies with this darned thing we call the internet. when i was a kid if someone in our town had been beaten or mugged or worse murdered you read about in the local paper upto a week later. now everything is over the internet within minutes and stories snowball, escalate and get added to embeliished and exagerated until within half an hour the entire original story has been turned into a work of pure fiction which the fail media then pick up on.
as for rules and regs, its a bloody nanny state. i posted here beofre saying at 14 i was going down the pub, having a few drinks and playing afew games of darts ( or pool ) . as for what i had done by 16 im not even going to recount here suffice to say i was pretty much no different from most other 16 year olds BUT what we did then we did without harm to ourselves or anyone else, be it smoking drinking, having a fumble in the hay, partaking in a spliff or playing knock down ginger.
our newsagent used to sell us cigs in ones if we didnt have enough for a full pack and no one batted an eyelid

now ya cant drink ya cant smoke ya cant do this or that ( yet you can still fight for your country and take a bullet in the arse )

wasnt so long ago there was huge uproar over alcopops.. did it turn all our kids ( or even some of the members hers ) into raging pissheads.. nope ( well maybe one or two )

and now its the turn of ecigs.. before we know it they'll be behind closed shutters priced at a tenner for 10ml of liquid you need a prescription for that has about as much nico content as my dogs farts and you'll need 2 certificated professional witnesses to qualify for obtaining one plus an annual licence renewable each year at a cost of £1000 ( straight into govt pockets ) ( did you know govt is a four letter word? )

the internet is a great source of information.. but also a great source of misinformation... whatever the outcome be it mext week, next month or next year i will NOT give up my ecig for anyone ( they'll have to prize it from my cold dead hand first ) and i will NOT go back on the stinkies.. i'll fight tooth and nail to be able to do what I want to do in the comfort of my own home damn the EU and the rest of them to hell and back.

 

[Blackhack]

Phantom, why don't you really tell it like it is.....Don't hold back....

 

[Phantom Diablo]

Phantom, why don't you really tell it like it is.....Don't hold back....

i would but then id be sitting here typing for 6 hours

 

[Mawsley]

Someone call?

 

[Chegs]

If they are successful in creating the impression that vaping is illegal/considered as bad as smoking etc,I'm wondering how long before the Dail Fail prints stories about "pensioner kills yob with her APV" rather than,"pensioner foils robbery with her APV"

 

[Mawsley]

While all this talk is happening and the false theory of ecigs being a gateway to smoking for YOUNG CHILDREN, lets take a look at all the other things that are possible gateways or things that should be banned because... well they just lead people into doing incredibly stupid.... bad things.

There's only one thing for stupid people.