The New Years resolution

The problem with following a herd of sheep is stepping in what they leave behind. This applies to submitting to either the messages of mass advertising or to liberal lies.

#1. The smoking habit demonstrates the sheeplike qualities of the human race. Youth smoke to fit in, to relieve stress or get high. Women in Hollywood and the porn industry smoke to stay slim. Calvin Coolidge had it only partially right when he said that “mass demand has been created almost entirely through advertising.” Word of mouth - pun intended - accounts for much tobacco consumption. Messages from mass advertising do not fully explain the phenomena. Self control based upon a principled choice must be the antidote to smoking.

#2. Liberal reformers and do-gooders always try to repress freedoms. They conducted a study through a Committee to Study the Tobacco Problem in 1918, after which they concluded that smoking did not contribute to “ mental efficiency.” Of course, reality contradicts this lie. How would civilization have advanced in literature, music, architecture, science, economics, philosophy, mathematics, history, the art of war or politics, dance, theatre, technology, etc., without the option to smoke?

It’s time, therefore, for the New Year’s resolution. Mine need not center on a refusal to be a victim of mass advertising ( been there, rejected that already) or of liberal lies (I see through them almost instinctively). Mine, instead, will be to “be out of sweets and treats.” Self control again will be the key to success, just like it could be for tobacco addicts or junkies living on liberal lies.