Vampus skriver i dag: 

"De rødgrønne, med helseminister Sylvia Brustad i spissen, vil innføre forbud mot synlig oppstilling av tobakk i butikker og kiosker. Mitt liv, min helse, mitt valg har ingenting å stille opp mot en stadig mer omfattende stat." Les hele bloggen hennes her.

FORMYNDERstaten kjenner ingen grenser. Det kan være interessant å se på de historiske røttene til denne helsefascismen. Den engelske organisasjonen FOREST har en interessant artikkel om dette, skrevet av dr Stephen Davies, på websiden www.forces.org: The Historical Origins of Health Fascism

Fra artiklens konklusjon:
"The basic idea, that the pursuit of health entitles the state to interfere with and regulate people’s most private activities persists. What changes is the theory employed by the "health fascists" and hence the actual details of the programme they propose. Secondly that this whole approach is highly dangerous and can lead to proposals which anyone might call fascist. Thirdly, that there is a distinct element of elitism in all of this. Typically it is ordinary people and their habits which are seen as a problem and the programme involves an enlightened elite doing things to the mass for their own good. This somehow also serves the interests of the elite. Fourthly, this is not a straightforward ‘right’ versus ‘left’ issue. Support for "health fascism" comes from all parts of the political spectrum, as does opposition. Fifth, a key part of the strategy of health movements is the provoking of moral panics. Last, but by no means least, resistance is both essential and, if principled, likely to be successful"

Nå er det på tide at vi også i Norge viser litt ryggrad – nei til formynderstaten! Nei til helsefascismen!

(Og ja, FOREST er sikkert betalt av tobakksindustrien og alt mulig annet galt og fælt. Artikkelen er bra uansett!)

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Klimahysteriet gir nye muligheter for det rike Vesten til å undertrykke u-land. Climate Care er dyktige i så måte: de jobber bl.a. for å motarbeide bruk av maskiner i landbruket i India.

-Climate Care celebrates the fact that it encourages the Indian poor to use their own bodies rather than machines to irrigate the land. Its website declares: ‘Sometimes the best source of renewable energy is the human body itself. With some lateral thinking, and some simple materials, energy solutions can often be found which replace fossil fuels with muscle-power.’ (2) To show that muscle power is preferable to machine power, the Climate Care website features a cartoon illustration of smiling naked villagers pedalling on a treadle pump next to a small house that has an energy-efficient light bulb and a stove made from ‘local materials at minimal cost’. Climate Care points out that even children can use treadle pumps: ‘One person – man, woman or even child – can operate the pump by manipulating his/her body weight on two treadles and by holding a bamboo or wooden frame for support.’ (3)

Tilbake til steinalderen altså. Climate Care får selvsagt støtte via karbonkjøp når man kjøper flybilletter. Les hele artikkelen på det utmerkede nettmagasinet Spiked.

ANDRE ANBEFALTE ARTIKLER OM MILJØ: 
George Reisman om miljøvernbevegelsens misantropi
Richard Rahn: Warming a cold fact?

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