Another Triblogology

1. Time to catch up with tripartite The Loneliness Triblogology from the Freedom-2-Choose (non-Scottish) blog through the medium of Frank Davis's essay by the same name (which links to all three parts). He links the smoking ban very convincingly with social disintegration, which may not be evident in busy city bars or to people whose social environment has never involved pubs or smoking. However social disintegration is necessarily a result of legislation that deliberately sets out to marginalise a culture, where social interaction is circumscribed by official standards of what is 'acceptable'. People who smoke will now be accused of 'excluding themselves' if they find themselves out on a limb.

2. Also see Leg-Iron's piece on adaptation 'The Ultimate Reality Game', (and as a quick aside, 'A Small Victory for Commonsense' from Subrosa whose conclusion is unarguable).

3. Finally Gildas the Monk writes on 'Scandal of the Care of the Elderly' (and also see 'The NHS: A True Story' from Simon Clark).

After reading all this, come back and argue that any money spent on anti-smoking groups and projects is well spent.