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Project SCUM: Proof Big Tobacco Wants Gays and Homeless Dead

Posted: 2003-02-27 10:30pm
by Einhander Sn0m4n
* http://www.projectscum.org/

Project Sub Culture Urban Marketing (SCUM) is Big-Tobacco's codename for marketing their death sticks to gays and homeless people, two already much-maligned groups. The naming of this project suggests how the Big Tobacco Bigots view these groups. As we all know, cigarettes are lethal, and they've been proven the hardest addiction in the world to get rid of. Put two and two together, and we can see what the tobacco korporations want (besides our money).

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Posted: 2003-02-27 10:33pm
by Anarchist Bunny
I swear to god I've been seeing that guy read that on TV for almost a year.

Posted: 2003-02-27 10:37pm
by Einhander Sn0m4n
anarchistbunny wrote:I swear to god I've been seeing that guy read that on TV for almost a year.
I decided to research that and found the site I'm linking to. BRB editing SIG...

Posted: 2003-02-27 10:56pm
by Joe
Ah, more cigarette profit funded propaganda from ALF.

Posted: 2003-02-27 11:33pm
by Cap'n Hector
Fun stuff...

I love that weed is less addictive than cigarettes...it could use filters, though.

Re: Project SCUM: Proof Big Tobacco Wants Gays and Homeless

Posted: 2003-02-28 12:08pm
by Peregrin Toker
SCUM??? That noun describes the tobacco industry perfectly.

Posted: 2003-02-28 01:48pm
by Frank Hipper
Cap'n Hector wrote:Fun stuff...

I love that weed is less addictive than cigarettes...it could use filters, though.
Hamburgers are more addictive than weed. And filtered joints suck!

Posted: 2003-02-28 01:51pm
by Cap'n Hector
Frank Hipper wrote:
Cap'n Hector wrote:Fun stuff...

I love that weed is less addictive than cigarettes...it could use filters, though.
Hamburgers are more addictive than weed. And filtered joints suck!
'Fraid I wouldn't know, as I've never had either kind...

Thanks for the info.

Posted: 2003-02-28 01:52pm
by Superman
Statistically speaking, weed does addict about 20 percent of the using population. These are the poeple that have to get help in order to quit using, and they smoke daily.

But, you're right, it's no comparison with cigs.

Posted: 2003-02-28 02:23pm
by jegs2
[pet peeve mode] By the way, I detest the terms, Big Tobacco and Big Oil. Is there a little tobbaco or little oil? How about Big Lawyers or Big Unions? Why aren't they ever mentioned? [/pet peeve mode]

Posted: 2003-02-28 02:32pm
by RedImperator
jegs2 wrote:[pet peeve mode] By the way, I detest the terms, Big Tobacco and Big Oil. Is there a little tobbaco or little oil? How about Big Lawyers or Big Unions? Why aren't they ever mentioned? [/pet peeve mode]
You poor, deluded tool of the vast right wing conspiracy. Lawyers and unions CAN'T be big, because they care about the Little Guy, while the big mean old tobacco and oil companies only care about making a profit.

Posted: 2003-02-28 02:44pm
by theski
From a card carrying member of the vast right wing conspiracy, I would like to add Vast Multinational Corporation and Monopolizing Corp. But no UBER teachers union..

Posted: 2003-02-28 03:46pm
by Joe
Project SCUM: Proof Big Tobacco Wants Gays and Homeless Dead
Leap in logic; besides, they can't sell you their products if you're dead. Duh.

Project Sub Culture Urban Marketing (SCUM) is Big-Tobacco's codename for marketing their death sticks to gays and homeless people, two already much-maligned groups. The naming of this project suggests how the Big Tobacco Bigots view these groups. As we all know, cigarettes are lethal, and they've been proven the hardest addiction in the world to get rid of. Put two and two together, and we can see what the tobacco korporations want (besides our money).
Cigarettes, hardest addiction to get rid of? I'll believe it when I see people going to rehab clinics for cigarette addiction. There are millions of ex-smokers out there who've kicked the habit without going through anything nearly as horrible as drug rehabilitation.

What else do the "korporations" want besides your money? I can't help but wonder whether people honestly believe that "big tobacco" is conspiring secretly to kill us all with their eeeeeevil cigarettes. [/quote]

Posted: 2003-02-28 03:51pm
by Darth Servo
Durran Korr wrote:What else do the "korporations" want besides your money? I can't help but wonder whether people honestly believe that "big tobacco" is conspiring secretly to kill us all with their eeeeeevil cigarettes.
The tobacco industry is the only legal industry in the world that kills off its customers. :)

Einhander: I'm sure they want hetero's money just as much as they want homo's money. In the past when they marketed more to hetero's with their "sophisticated, sexy and independent" ad campaigns, were they saying they wanted hetero's to die? Since homosexuality is becomming more acceptable to society than in the past, they simply see a new market opening up. They may make some bigoted generalizations in those ads, but its not a death omen.

Posted: 2003-02-28 03:52pm
by Montcalm
RedImperator wrote:
jegs2 wrote:[pet peeve mode] By the way, I detest the terms, Big Tobacco and Big Oil. Is there a little tobbaco or little oil? How about Big Lawyers or Big Unions? Why aren't they ever mentioned? [/pet peeve mode]
You poor, deluded tool of the vast right wing conspiracy. Lawyers and unions CAN'T be big, because they care about the Little Guy, while the big mean old tobacco and oil companies only care about making a profit.
You really think lawyers care about the "Little Guy" they are only interested in making millions while the people they represent recieves the bread crumbs. :evil:

Posted: 2003-02-28 03:55pm
by neoolong
Killing people with cigarettes is just acceptable loses because the companies already made so much money off of the person.

I'm sure if they developed a cigarette that wasn't lethal and was the same in every other way, and they could implement it without any costs, they would do so.

Posted: 2003-02-28 03:56pm
by Joe
Darth Servo wrote:
Durran Korr wrote:What else do the "korporations" want besides your money? I can't help but wonder whether people honestly believe that "big tobacco" is conspiring secretly to kill us all with their eeeeeevil cigarettes.
The tobacco industry is the only legal industry in the world that kills off its customers. :)

Einhander: I'm sure they want hetero's money just as much as they want homo's money.
The tobacco industry doesn't kill anyone, people who choose to smoke kill themselves.

Posted: 2003-02-28 03:56pm
by Hamel
jegs2 wrote:[pet peeve mode] By the way, I detest the terms, Big Tobacco and Big Oil. Is there a little tobbaco or little oil? How about Big Lawyers or Big Unions? Why aren't they ever mentioned? [/pet peeve mode]
Big Labour is often used to describe anything pro-labour (union, what have you)

Posted: 2003-02-28 03:59pm
by theski
No one in the Fed or state gov wants people to quit smoking for 2 main reasons.
1. Huge Tax revenue: a whole lot of money
2. Less strain on SS: you die faster when you smoke..

Posted: 2003-02-28 04:00pm
by Joe
Hameru wrote:
jegs2 wrote:[pet peeve mode] By the way, I detest the terms, Big Tobacco and Big Oil. Is there a little tobbaco or little oil? How about Big Lawyers or Big Unions? Why aren't they ever mentioned? [/pet peeve mode]
Big Labour is often used to describe anything pro-labour (union, what have you)
You know what it can also be used to describe? Actual Big Labour.

BTW, Hameru, any possibility your old board alias was "^^"?

Posted: 2003-02-28 04:02pm
by Darth Servo
Durran Korr wrote:The tobacco industry doesn't kill anyone, people who choose to smoke kill themselves.
Hey, when it comes to smoking, I'm one of the loudest on the board against it. HOWEVER, the companies that produce the crap should still have some of the blame, especially if they try and make it look harmless (which they have).

Posted: 2003-02-28 04:04pm
by Cap'n Hector
Durran Korr wrote:
Darth Servo wrote:
Durran Korr wrote:What else do the "korporations" want besides your money? I can't help but wonder whether people honestly believe that "big tobacco" is conspiring secretly to kill us all with their eeeeeevil cigarettes.
The tobacco industry is the only legal industry in the world that kills off its customers. :)

Einhander: I'm sure they want hetero's money just as much as they want homo's money.
The tobacco industry doesn't kill anyone, people who choose to smoke kill themselves.
The cigarettes don't need to have the extra nicotine, however. That does make it harder to quit, but still nowhere near as hard as most drugs.

Posted: 2003-02-28 05:16pm
by HemlockGrey
Oh, come off it, Ein. The tobacco companies don't want you dead. They just want your money, same as everyone else.

Posted: 2003-02-28 05:23pm
by kojikun
Dale, you're overreacting. Theyre targetting genx/rebels too, does that mean they want them dead?

Dead smokers are not customers. They want EVERYONE to die, just not until they spend atleast 45,000 dollars over the course of 25 years to feed the addiction.

Re: Project SCUM: Proof Big Tobacco Wants Gays and Homeless

Posted: 2003-02-28 05:27pm
by MKSheppard
Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:* http://www.projectscum.org/

Project Sub Culture Urban Marketing (SCUM) is Big-Tobacco's codename for marketing their death sticks to gays and homeless people, two already much-maligned groups.
Anyone got any FUCKING PROOF of this? If it's those
goddamned truth.com bastards, I'll skin you alive for posting obvious
misinformation....