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The Fuming Mad File |
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When a governing body makes a decision that you disagree with, there are many things that you can do about it. You can start a revolution. You can try to vote the people who made that decision out of office. You can try to convince the officeholders and the general public that they have made a mistake, using facts and logic.
Suppose, however, that the decision that you disagree with is a ban on smoking in indoor public places. It's pretty difficult to convince anyone that cigarette smoke is anything other than harmful. What to do?
Yeah, that will work. It doesn't matter of the people you're talking about are civil servants, health care professionals, politicians, educators, or people that live down the street. Calling people "Nazis" is guaranteed to win people over to your point of view.
So, that didn't work, eh? Maybe it's because there isn't any factual information in support of your cause. In that case, invent some facts.
"In the city of Kitchener, Ontario, home to the crippled "smoke-free Oktoberfest", city councillors just voted themselves a 60% pay increase. Is this a pat on the back for the "great job" they did bankrupting dozens of businesses because of their zero-tolerance smoking ban?" - Fuming Mad, Feb. 1, 2001
"Dozens"? When called upon to identify these "dozens" of businesses, Fuming was able to name one dozen. Closer examination revealed that almost all of them had problems other than the no-smoking requirement. In fact, when the no-smoking bylaw was challenged in court, only one business owner showed up with receipts to testify under oath.
"Eventually, somebody will come forward and scare the pants off all the anti-smoking zealots who happily drive their gas-guzzling SUVs day after day!" - Fuming Mad, Jan. 19, 2001
"if I named some SUV-driving anti-smoking zealots (and trust me, Waterloo Region, Ontario, is full of them)" - Fuming Mad, Feb. 4, 2001
Wow, people who oppose smoking, but pollute the air with a wasteful form of transportation. Sounds pretty serious, all right. But do people like this exist in significant numbers? When pressed to name even one of these hypocrites, Fuming was unable to do so. Eventually, he made this admission: "I cannot name even one anti-smoking zealot that drives an SUV" - Aug. 28, 2001
"Soooo, Paul... what's this I hear about you getting fired from Compaq??" - Fuming Mad, June 17, 2001
This refers to Paul Smith, of Houston, Texas. Paul has not been fired by Compaq. Soooo, why did Fuming Mad make this remark?
"I bet people like Bawb, Bwucie, and Pox Poopie will try to say why gambling is a good thing, ignoring all the negatives that it promotes and creates." - Fuming Mad, August 30, 2001
Assuming that the "Bawb" referred to here is Vancouver, BC community activist Bob Broughton, this statement is a lie. Bob has been a public opponent of mega-casino projects in both Vancouver and New Westminster. So, on what information was Fuming Mad's claim based? He simply made it up.
As of April 6, 2001, "Bwucie" and "Pox Poopie" have not tried to say that gambling is a good thing, either.
"I'd also bet anything that I'm not a smoker, and have never been one, regardless of what Lying Bawb spews forth..." - Fuming Mad, September 29, 2001
When Fuming Mad was offered the opportunity to bet $200 that he is not a smoker, he was unwilling to to do so. He said that he would "bet anything", right?
"Watch your mouth or I'll get a buddy of mine from Burnaby (your town!) to come beat the shit out of you..." - Fuming Mad, Feb. 4, 2001
This is the problem with the Fuming Mads of this world. They always think that someone else should do something, instead of getting out from in front of the TV set and doing it themselves.
"Brian 'Harebrain' Hatton bribed someone who works for http://www.labstat.com with $99,000, then tried to cover up the debt by claiming it was the loss K-W Oktoberfest suffered due to a plummet in Beanie Baby sales. The exact date is unclear... sometime between 1994 and 2001." - Fuming Mad, May 6, 2002
"Sometime between 1994 and 2001"? Well, that really narrows it down, doesn't it?
Any worthwhile site, has to have links, right? Here's a few:
Waterloo Public Health Department If you encounter a business violating Kitchener-Waterloo's no-smoking bylaw, you can contact these people at (519) 883-2255
City of Ottawa Smoke-Free By-Laws Fuming Mad doesn't approve of Ottawa's no-smoking bylaw, either.
Waterloo Regional Police Service Included here in case Fuming Mad says he has a friend that will come beat the shit out of you. The police like to keep track of this sort of thing.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record Fuming Mad's favourite newspaper. Copyright? We don't need no steenking copyright.
F.A.R.C.E.S. (Foster All Restrictions to Control and Eliminate Smoking) Fuming Mad hates "antis". Here's a web site put up by the anti-anti-antis.
SmokersRightsCanada.org A site that originally belonged to Stephen Hartwell, one of Fuming Mad's friends.
We're Americans, Too Puts Fuming Mad in perspective.
Bob Broughton's Home Page Bob was not the author of this document, just the editor.
"I and I am going to kill you in the most painful way possible... You are going to die. I'm going to spend my time finding out where you life. You said someting about technical writing sometime, so I'll start there. I will find you you sick fuck." - Heather Spoonheim, Dec. 8, 2002 Click here for a picture of Heather. (She's the one on the left.)
