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- Realize it is not the intent of no-smoke zealots to debate with a tenor of fair play, honesty, logic, morality, or reason.   It never was.
People with dishonest agenda's and who are over-the-top about a cause will almost always lie about the figures and the statistics they put forth. They convey slanted polls to not be slanted, etc.

Some are intellectually lazy. They think they must be right because they feel so passionately.
Ever felt you were so passionately in love, but once you really got to know the other you discovered you'd made a terrible mistake?

Most often though, the no-smoke zealots know they're lieing. The almighty 'Cause' is all that matters, be it morally right or wrong.
Like the nazi's in WWII Germany, they've given up self-governance and common sense to feel passion and drama.
So lieing, in their minds, is acceptable.



- Don't try to reinvent the world in one sitting.
Ever notice on  the 2-3 minute debates on TV news shows where nothing is settled? One reason is because so many not true assertions - white lies and black lies - are put forth. There isn't time in the debates to disprove all the false assertions.

It is a favourite tactic used by people who are dishonest. In this case, people who are truthful, reasoned, and rationale, can fall prey to the no-smoke advocates in trying to disprove too many not true assertions in one sitting. It ain't gonna happen.



- Admit to yourself it's going to take time.
Don't just get angry and become frustrated and do nothing. That's what the zealots want you to do. You can manifest your anger into something positive. Seeing smoking bans repealed will take time, and it can be done.

We're making progress. And that's a few steps further than yesterday, right?


- Disproving one lie is better than disproving none.
One way to outwit dishonest people is to listen to their 1st statement. It will generally not be true.
Especially with the no-smoke zealots. They can't seem to keep themselves from such.
Forget everything else they say for the moment. No matter how ridiculous and obviously not true the rest of what they say my be.
Stick to disproving the 1st untrue statement that comes out of their mouths,  and then tear it apart with fact and logic.
You will have accomplished your goal for that day.

For example: No-smoke zealots are always saying, "Over 50,000 deaths each year are caused by exposure to secondhand smoke." *
They will add that scientists have proven such.
Here is the fallacy in their logic and their statement:
1) No credible science will prove that over 50,000 deaths each year are caused by secondhand smoke. Or even one.
2) Scientists too, are human beings and are capable of burdening themselves with dishonest agenda. Are the scientists whom the zealots quote the sort with an agenda who claim to have proven numerous other outlandish claims? Much like Al Gore's minions? Or are they of the type who've actual merit behind their accomplishments and studies? You know, the type who let the evidence, not the wished-for outcome dictate their studies?

Over time, even those who oppose you will overtly or passively acknowledge your honesty. As will the general public.
They'll eventually see through the no-smoke zealots false assertions, and their nagging, and their assaults upon our personal freedoms.
They'll begin to say, "Go home. Get away from me. You're un-American." Much the same as they are with Al Gore.



- WE are part of the problem.
Dishonest people try to bend a populace's thinking just a bit, and then come on full-throttle once the populace's collective mindset is metaphorical putty. It's what is occurring now concerning smoking bans being enacted.

Not only do the no-smoke zealots lack the integrity to admit they've gone too far and have infringed upon personal liberty, but a lot of
us - yes, us - have been latent in admitting we've bent too far.

We've forgotten that individuals in public service are servants, not oppressors. A bit more everyday, we've become afraid of calling out elected officials. Hence, in our passivity, and even though we might fly our flags high and proud, we too have been disrespectful to those who gave their very lives so that we might live free.

Many of us have gotten angry at seeing no-smoke ordinances being enacted, and then just sat back and thought (hoped) freedom and liberty would prevail because this is America; that surely there were enough people out there who would take care of the problem for us.
We thought voicing our anger to like-minded individuals would somehow magically reach our elected officials. And justice would prevail.

We know now, that's not correct. No smoke zealots aren't only private citizens, they are also elected government officials. And they work in in health departments, and troll bars at night like good little nazi's looking for smokers.

And the no-smoke zealots have capitalized on such.





- Organize.

If there are 5 people in your group who plan on addressing a governmental body, pick 5 different points to put forth, 1 point per individual.
Period.
Don't be swayed from your individual points by people who try and counter you with not true assertions.
Simply state, "I am not addressing that at this time. I am addressing this."


More to follow.