Will the governments new smoking inniative lead to younsters stopping smoking. Not so according to teenagers talking to the BBC. I would have to tend to agree with youngsters speaking. The majority of people who do smoke, don't start at the age of 16- they start a lot younger. For Example, I was considered a relative late starter, when I had my first fag at the age of 15. Since then I haven't been a able to stop. Does this make me a bad person- I'd like to think not. However, from a smokers perspective I am starting to see a clear victimsation toward smokers from the government. Sure, cigarettes are dirty, they smell and (according to some) kill people; they are also the sweetest sensation in the world. That first cigarette of the day- better than sex (not that I get much sex to compare it with).
I hear you ask how are smokers being victimised against. Well there are number of reasons: the constant years of slowly increasing taxes- since I've been smoking a pack of cheap snout has gone up at least 40p; the smoking ban; now the increased age of smoking. In addition, smoking whilst driving is now pretty much illegal. Are these endless acts of Big Brotherness really going to stop people smoking. They may help some people cut down. However they won't actually stop people smoking. For example, do people stop doing drugs because they are illegal- of course they don't. The reason it is called an addiction is because it is addictive. Thus, the only way to wean people of smoking is to offer a good alternative. Nicotine patches/gum does not work simply because they are not nice. In addition the smoking action is just as important as the actual smoke for some. It is therfore ridiculous to think that just by creating new laws will make people quit- as is shown in the BBC news article. These youngsters will always find some way of getting their fags, as under 16's have been doing for years. I therefore feel that the new government is just a basic infringment of human rights and should never have been implemented.
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Some good stuff here, Jono. I like the links in this post and the basic idea/argument is good. However, you need to space out your posts more effectively to make them easier to read on-screen - use paragraphs and line breaks. Also think about adding visuals to your posts - it can liven up the way a blog looks.
In general, you need to take a bit more care with your writing - proof read - this is the net but people still expect good basic spelling/grammar - so it's worth taking some time to fix little errors. Remember - you can go back and edit/correct posts.
Think about the things you can add to the blog you do for your assessment - for example you can add content to the the sidebar, things like lists of links to interesting sites or feeds of news stories from other sites.
I like the review of Punk Football - I guess the way to look at that site is to see it as a media filter aimed purely at FC United fans - it finds all the stories/match reports about them so fans don't have to. Still, as you say, the name is a little misleading.
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