10 other ways the government could try to change our behaviours with scary pictures
“I see dead people,” the little boy whispered. “No, my darling,” said his mother, lighting up. “It’s just a packet of Benson & Hedges…”
Next week the UK becomes the first European country to introduce graphic images on cigarette packets to warn about the dangers of smoking. Fifteen different images will include pictures of a diseased lung and heart surgery being performed. The imminent arrival of horror-themed designs on tobacco products got me thinking, maybe the government would like to see graphic images on other products as well. Or maybe it wouldn’t…
tags: anti-smoking, gore, government, graphic images, propaganda, violenceDebunking the myth of forward-looking carnivores
I had a conversation last weekend, can’t remember how it kicked off but it was said that we (that is, humans) are born carnivorous. I said no we’re not, we’re born omnivorous. At that point, the person I was chatting with waved a hand in front of her face and pointed at her eyes. “Eyes at the front,” she said. “Not on the sides.”
This is an old, tired myth that is still supported in some scientific circles in defiance of the facts not fitting the theory even among today’s lifeforms, let alone the fossil record.
tags: carnivores, chickens, choices, dinosaurs, ethics, food, fossils, lies, myths, omnivores, politics, prehistory, propaganda, vegans, vegetarians
