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Smoking ban leads to new religion (Dutch cafe owners join 'One and Universal Smokers Church of God')
Dutch News (The Netherlands) ^
| July 16, 2008
Posted on 07/17/2008 12:42:01 PM PDT by Stoat
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RussiaToday News Dutch smokers form holy alliance
News July 17, 2008, 19:21Dutch smokers form holy allianceA zealous religious movement is sweeping the Netherlands, under the banner of The One and Universal Church of the Smokers of God. Just over two weeks after a smoking ban came into force in the country, one publican-turned-preacher has transformed his café into a place of worship.Cor Busch, owner of the Lime Tree café, said that the Holy Trinity of the new faith will be Smoke, Fire and Ash.
He hopes that the faithful will be able to smoke indoors again, after the government outlawed smoking in bars and restaurants, as well as in the countrys infamous coffee shops, from July 1.
The Dutch constitution guarantees the right to religious freedom, which smokers are hoping will allow them to circumvent Hollands new anti-smoking legislation.
Members of the church will receive membership cards upon joining. Church founder Michiel Eijsbouts told the Telegraaf newspaper, It has ritual aspects, it is something you experience and we follow our faith very strictly.
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posted on
07/17/2008 12:42:03 PM PDT
by
Stoat
To: Gabz; SheLion; martin_fierro
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posted on
07/17/2008 12:42:40 PM PDT
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2012: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: Stoat
Possibly sacreligious... but effective.
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posted on
07/17/2008 12:44:59 PM PDT
by
WayneS
(Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
To: Stoat
What about their 'holy' shooting galleries?
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posted on
07/17/2008 12:45:47 PM PDT
by
weegee
(Obama loves America like Bill loves Hillary.)
To: Stoat
I like it when political correctness makes politicians have to behave like snakes swallowing their own tails.
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posted on
07/17/2008 12:46:12 PM PDT
by
WayneS
(Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
To: Stoat
Ya gotta hand to those Dutch - they're really masters at that sort of thing...
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posted on
07/17/2008 12:46:31 PM PDT
by
Hegemony Cricket
(Vigilantism will arise where the justice system is viewed as overly lenient and/or ineffective.)
To: Stoat
Smoking has been banned in Dutch bars since July 1. History repeasts itself. This time they surrendered to the smoking nazis.
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posted on
07/17/2008 12:47:00 PM PDT
by
weegee
(Obama loves America like Bill loves Hillary.)
To: weegee
Booting up heroin is just good, clean fun.
But smoking is BAD for you. haven’t you heard?
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posted on
07/17/2008 12:47:21 PM PDT
by
WayneS
(Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
To: Stoat; SheLion; Gabz; aculeus; Charles Henrickson; dead; dighton; Ezekiel; Lazamataz; mikrofon; ...
One and Universal Smokers Church of God a.k.a. The Rastafarians, mon!
To: Stoat
Best cigar store in Amsterdam. They're also very good with oddball email and telephone orders. Click image to see the very nice store. Tiffany for cigars, and I was amazed at the number of babettes who came in to grab a package of Sumatras.
P.G.C. Hajenius
Rokin 92-96
020/623-7494
www.hajenius.com
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This store has been Amsterdam's leading purveyor of cigars and smoking articles since 1826, first with a store on the Dam and then (since 1915) in its present elegant Art Deco headquarters. Cigars are the house specialty; there's a room full of Havanas, and Hajenius also sells cigars from Sumatra, Brazil, and more.
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posted on
07/17/2008 12:57:12 PM PDT
by
angkor
(Conservatism is not now and never has been a religious movement.)
To: weegee
Smoking has been banned in Dutch bars since July 1.History repeats itself. This time they surrendered to the smoking nazis.
"So you think that you can enjoy yourself, eh? Throw ziss man in ze cooler!"
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posted on
07/17/2008 12:58:14 PM PDT
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2012: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: Stoat
"Nazi Germany initiated a
strong anti-tobacco movement and led the first public anti-smoking campaign in modern history. Anti-tobacco movements grew in many nations from the beginning of the 20th century, but these had little success, with the only exception being Germany, where the anti-tobacco campaign was supported by the government after the Nazis came to power."
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posted on
07/17/2008 1:00:11 PM PDT
by
Loud Mime
(Tony's work will live on = it's up to us to see it through)
To: weegee
“History repeasts itself. This time they surrendered to the smoking nazis.”
cheap shot, what exactly did you expect NL (or denmark, for that matter, or even belgium though there were more complex issues there) to do in the second world war?
If anything they managed to avoid this longer than MANY other places, including many states of the US. You might as well say history reverses itself, and x states in the US surrendered before the Netherlands.
To: weegee
I thought they were talking about smoking spliff in the coffee shops...
To: Stoat; knighthawk
I love the Dutch!
I even like the fact that the Dutch Restaurant Association is challenging the ban (fat chance, I know, but at least they are, unlike the craven, spineless Ass of the USA) based on violation of social moraes and cultural behavior.
BRAVO!
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posted on
07/17/2008 1:08:12 PM PDT
by
swarthyguy
(Osama Freedom Day: 2500 or so since September 11 2001! That's SIX +years, Dubya.)
To: Loud Mime
Funny, isn’t it, our Hitlerian society where ole Adolf would feel more comfortable than Churchill or FDR.
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posted on
07/17/2008 1:09:28 PM PDT
by
swarthyguy
(Osama Freedom Day: 2500 or so since September 11 2001! That's SIX +years, Dubya.)
To: martin_fierro
Thank you very much for pinging your list :-)
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posted on
07/17/2008 1:09:49 PM PDT
by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2012: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
To: Stoat; martin_fierro; Just another Joe; CSM; lockjaw02; Publius6961; elkfersupper; nopardons; ...
NANNY State Ping...........
It’s definitely creative :)
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posted on
07/17/2008 1:14:37 PM PDT
by
Gabz
(You said WHAT?????????)
To: Stoat
LOL...the smoking Nazis lose again. What a creative way to get around non-smoking idiocy.
No, I don’t smoke.
To: swarthyguy
I even like the fact that the Dutch Restaurant Association is challenging the ban (fat chance, I know, but at least they are, unlike the craven, spineless Ass of the USA) based on violation of social moraes and cultural behavior. Excellent point. Not all, but the VAAST majority of restaurant associations in the states go along with the bans, as long as they are all inclusive, for one reason and one reason only --- they are controlled by the big chains (Applebee's Olive Garden, Lonstar, TGIF, etc) which can weather the initial downturn in business, unlike the corner diner or tavern, thus eliminating the competition with government guns.
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posted on
07/17/2008 1:20:39 PM PDT
by
Gabz
(You said WHAT?????????)
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