{"id":148,"date":"2008-05-30T13:27:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-30T17:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davehitt.com\/blog2\/2008\/05\/30\/nagging-from-a-nanny\/"},"modified":"2008-05-30T13:31:29","modified_gmt":"2008-05-30T17:31:29","slug":"nagging-from-a-nanny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.davehitt.com\/blog2\/nagging-from-a-nanny\/","title":{"rendered":"Nagging from a Nanny"},"content":{"rendered":"

Visitors to The Facts send a lot of e-mail. Half of the writers love the site and say thanks, the other half hates it, hates smokers, hates freedom of choice, and especially, hates me<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The fan mail is pretty varied. Some people like the stats pages, some like the study analysis, some like the list of business hurt by smoking bans and some praise the whole site.<\/p>\n

The hate mail is all pretty much the same. It’s so predictable and unimaginative I could create a standard generic reply to use for all of them. The grammar is usually atrocious. Scatological references abound. About half of them are full of multiple exclamation points and question marks. Lousy formatting is common. Many are from anonymous accounts. All of them are smug and self righteous.<\/p>\n

Here’s a typical one, which arrived last night. I haven’t changed the formatting or edited it in any way.<\/p>\n

– – –
\nFrom: No Name <fozzy1985@hotmail.com>
\nTo: hittman@davehitt.com
\nDate: Fri, May 30, 2008 at 1:26 AM
\nSubject: The Facts<\/p>\n

What is funny.
\nHow much ‘proof’ that is necessary to prove Second Hand smoke isn’t harmful.<\/p>\n

Well you know what – it probably isn’t. But it stinks VERY bad.
\nNext time you are at a restaurant imaging a pile of dog crap sitting on your neighbors plate – and the smell is ‘blowing’ in your direction.
\nSniff— mmm that would be VERY appetizing.<\/p>\n

When I was a kid a Credit Union had a very thought provoking sign.<\/p>\n

“So, you like to smoke. The by-product is it pilfers my hair and clothes.
\nI like to drink beer. The by-product of that is urinating.
\nSo how about I drink and I urinate on your hair & clothing?”<\/p>\n

Makes a great point, but two sentences aren’t enough to make a change.<\/p>\n

Dave.<\/p>\n

– – –<\/p>\n

My Reply:<\/p>\n

Nice grammar. What school you went?<\/p>\n

Most children go through a scatological phase, when they are fascinated with pee and poop. It usually starts around age three and is over by age five.<\/p>\n

However, based on the e-mails I regularly receive from your ilk, it’s clear that the majority of nicotine nannies never grow up. They are as obsessed with bodily functions as a three year old. At least half of the e-mail I get from your ilk has references to peeing in a pool, farting in your face, shitting in your salad, etc.<\/p>\n

This provides a great insight into your mind set. You’re pathetically immature little children. No wonder you love nanny government. You need it; you’re not grown up enough to take care of yourself.<\/p>\n

Retards,<\/p>\n

Dave Hitt<\/p>\n

– – –<\/p>\n

On a related note, I’ve done some significant upgrading to the “Ban Links” page on The Facts. The original pages were far too long, disorganized, difficult to search, and cumbersome for me to maintain. I had five pages, each about twelve screens long. They contained about 200 articles about business that had been harmed (many to the point of closing) by smoking bans.<\/p>\n

So I converted them all to a WordPress blog format, and had someone design a WP theme to match the layout of The Facts. Now they articles are easy to search, every post is categorized, and it’s easy for me to keep it updated. The stories from the original pages are in there and I’m working my way through a backlog of newer stories.<\/p>\n

Here are the original pages<\/a>. Here’s the new one<\/a>. Let me know what you think.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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