Project SCUM: Proof Big Tobacco Wants Gays and Homeless Dead

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-02-27 10:30pm

* 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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Anarchist Bunny · Post by **Anarchist Bunny** » 2003-02-27 10:33pm

I swear to god I've been seeing that guy read that on TV for almost a year.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-02-27 10:37pm

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...

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-02-27 10:56pm

Ah, more cigarette profit funded propaganda from ALF.

Cap'n Hector · Post by **Cap'n Hector** » 2003-02-27 11:33pm

Fun stuff...

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

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-02-28 12:08pm

SCUM??? That noun describes the tobacco industry perfectly.

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2003-02-28 01:48pm

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!

Cap'n Hector · Post by **Cap'n Hector** » 2003-02-28 01:51pm

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.

Superman · Post by **Superman** » 2003-02-28 01:52pm

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.

jegs2 · Post by **jegs2** » 2003-02-28 02:23pm

[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]

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2003-02-28 02:32pm

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.

theski · Post by **theski** » 2003-02-28 02:44pm

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..

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-02-28 03:46pm

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]

Darth Servo · Post by **Darth Servo** » 2003-02-28 03:51pm

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.

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-02-28 03:52pm

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.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-02-28 03:55pm

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.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-02-28 03:56pm

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.

Hamel · Post by **Hamel** » 2003-02-28 03:56pm

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)

theski · Post by **theski** » 2003-02-28 03:59pm

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..

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-02-28 04:00pm

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 "^^"?

Darth Servo · Post by **Darth Servo** » 2003-02-28 04:02pm

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).

Cap'n Hector · Post by **Cap'n Hector** » 2003-02-28 04:04pm

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.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-02-28 05:16pm

Oh, come off it, Ein. The tobacco companies don't want you dead. They just want your money, same as everyone else.

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-02-28 05:23pm

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.

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2003-02-28 05:27pm

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....

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