http://www.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130426/01363722843/why-do-politicians-continue-to-insist-that-magic-button-can-make-porn-disappear-online.shtml#c616 Wed, 1 May 2013 07:59:35 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130426/01363722843/why-do-politicians-continue-to-insist-that-magic-button-can-make-porn-disappear-online.shtml#c616 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130321/17560722411/next-nanny-state-bloomberg-tries-to-make-you-not-think-about-cigarettes.shtml#c302 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 23:40:47 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130321/17560722411/next-nanny-state-bloomberg-tries-to-make-you-not-think-about-cigarettes.shtml#c302
If Anti-smokers really gave a rats ass about the health of smokers they would all be doing their very best to find out why electronic cigarette's have a much higher success rate at helping people quit smoking, when their current NRT's have such an appalling failure rate. Instead they are fighting e-ciggs as well with this whole quit or die mentality.

No, nothing you inhale other then air is going to be 100% good for you, but at least with e-ciggs there is no second hand anything so others aren't put in danger by it's use. Also Electronic Cigarettes have thousands less chemicals in them than a regular cigarette's and while they might contain nicotine, most people are surprised to learn that nicotine is one of the least harmful chemicals in cigarette's. As a matter of fact Nicotine is found naturally in Eggplant, Green Tomatoes, Cauliflower, and potatoes.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130321/17560722411/next-nanny-state-bloomberg-tries-to-make-you-not-think-about-cigarettes.shtml#c280 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 23:22:43 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130321/17560722411/next-nanny-state-bloomberg-tries-to-make-you-not-think-about-cigarettes.shtml#c280 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130304/16481322196/7-year-old-student-suspended-waving-around-gun-made-pastry.shtml#c459 Thu, 7 Mar 2013 15:06:42 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130304/16481322196/7-year-old-student-suspended-waving-around-gun-made-pastry.shtml#c459 http://www.techdirt.com/blog/wireless/articles/20130123/12010721767/verizon-charging-you-more-as-bandwidth-costs-them-less.shtml#c279 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:32:20 PST http://www.techdirt.com/blog/wireless/articles/20130123/12010721767/verizon-charging-you-more-as-bandwidth-costs-them-less.shtml#c279 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110718/11195115150/dailydirt-thank-you-not-smoking.shtml#c21 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 17:15:18 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110718/11195115150/dailydirt-thank-you-not-smoking.shtml#c21
The industry wants regulation but they refuse to so, instead they are fighting against it because by having people quit smoking it cuts into the profits of big pharma and a few other large entities profits.

https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://www.aaphp.org/Resources/Documents/20100402AAPHPEcigLegisStatemnt.pdf

http://www.acsh.org/healthissues/categoryID.8/category_detail.asp

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/08/science/e-cigarettes-help-smokers-quit-but-they-have-some-unlikely-critics.html?_r=2]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120713/06503719688/dropped-dish-amc-pulls-anti-viacom-offers-breaking-bad-premiere-free-to-dish-subscribers.shtml#c43 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 13:01:16 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120713/06503719688/dropped-dish-amc-pulls-anti-viacom-offers-breaking-bad-premiere-free-to-dish-subscribers.shtml#c43 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120629/04223019533/quality-search-results-pink-slime-to-correctly-diagnosing-appendicitis.shtml#c5 Thu, 5 Jul 2012 05:26:21 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120629/04223019533/quality-search-results-pink-slime-to-correctly-diagnosing-appendicitis.shtml#c5 http://www.techdirt.com/blog/wireless/articles/20120605/02451719202/sprint-changes-unlimited-broadband-to-5-gigs-while-still-advertising-unlimited-broadband.shtml#c221 Tue, 5 Jun 2012 11:01:46 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/wireless/articles/20120605/02451719202/sprint-changes-unlimited-broadband-to-5-gigs-while-still-advertising-unlimited-broadband.shtml#c221 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120602/02321019182/white-houses-weak-response-to-petition-against-acta.shtml#c263 Mon, 4 Jun 2012 11:58:58 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120602/02321019182/white-houses-weak-response-to-petition-against-acta.shtml#c263
"The president agrees with you but he can't do anything about it"]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120602/02321019182/white-houses-weak-response-to-petition-against-acta.shtml#c259 Mon, 4 Jun 2012 11:58:13 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120602/02321019182/white-houses-weak-response-to-petition-against-acta.shtml#c259
"We hear you but we can't do anything about it"

"we hear you but we won't do anything about it"

"we hear you but we aren't going to change it"

That's about the gist of every response to every petition.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120602/02321019182/white-houses-weak-response-to-petition-against-acta.shtml#c101 Mon, 4 Jun 2012 10:35:11 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120602/02321019182/white-houses-weak-response-to-petition-against-acta.shtml#c101 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120529/02344719095/if-people-wont-pay-monthly-fee-facebook-why-would-they-pay-newspapers.shtml#c1 Tue, 29 May 2012 16:14:39 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120529/02344719095/if-people-wont-pay-monthly-fee-facebook-why-would-they-pay-newspapers.shtml#c1 But they are the next generation, and any publication that plans to have a future might want to think about what gets them interested... not what sends them running to find alternatives.

Yeah it's amazing how many people don't get this point...]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120521/12065919003/youtube-uploads-hit-72-hours-minute-how-can-that-ever-be-pre-screened-objectionable-material.shtml#c146 Wed, 23 May 2012 10:50:22 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120521/12065919003/youtube-uploads-hit-72-hours-minute-how-can-that-ever-be-pre-screened-objectionable-material.shtml#c146 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120510/10505618869/game-thrones-track-to-be-most-pirated-show-2012-pirates-still-asking-hbo-legitimate-options.shtml#c524 Fri, 11 May 2012 06:49:31 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120510/10505618869/game-thrones-track-to-be-most-pirated-show-2012-pirates-still-asking-hbo-legitimate-options.shtml#c524 http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20120403/18090818360/hollywood-continues-to-kill-innovation-simply-hinting-criminal-prosecution-cyberlockers.shtml#c419 Wed, 4 Apr 2012 10:50:36 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20120403/18090818360/hollywood-continues-to-kill-innovation-simply-hinting-criminal-prosecution-cyberlockers.shtml#c419 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120306/01072217996/open-letter-to-content-creators-one-pirate-explains-why-he-infringes-how-to-get-his-money.shtml#c372 Thu, 8 Mar 2012 10:38:24 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120306/01072217996/open-letter-to-content-creators-one-pirate-explains-why-he-infringes-how-to-get-his-money.shtml#c372
The sense of entitlement in your post is horrifying.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120306/01072217996/open-letter-to-content-creators-one-pirate-explains-why-he-infringes-how-to-get-his-money.shtml#c354 Thu, 8 Mar 2012 10:33:23 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120306/01072217996/open-letter-to-content-creators-one-pirate-explains-why-he-infringes-how-to-get-his-money.shtml#c354 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120209/12372417713/major-label-owned-vevo-caught-publicly-streaming-nfl-game-off-rogue-site.shtml#c132 Thu, 9 Feb 2012 13:34:07 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120209/12372417713/major-label-owned-vevo-caught-publicly-streaming-nfl-game-off-rogue-site.shtml#c132 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120126/12313917555/polish-politicians-don-guy-fawkesanonymous-masks-to-protest-acta-signing.shtml#c99 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:45:40 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120126/12313917555/polish-politicians-don-guy-fawkesanonymous-masks-to-protest-acta-signing.shtml#c99