The bullshitter's trick is to talk in generalities when questioned about details and to litigate trivia when questioned about principles.
Nate Silver, via Twitter
They won't stop until we make them look like fools. posted by DC2 at e-cigarette-forum
A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent. William Blake, Auguries of Innocence
Smoking cessation is so insidious. It just creeps up on you! by mav, from the comments, parodying claims of anti-THR activists
Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally. John Maynard Keynes
Opposition to THR is an entirely dishonest enterprise. from Phillips & Rodu submitted version of a recent paper, sadly removed due to a reviewer's objections
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery; None but ourselves can free our minds. Bob Marley
The continuing scourge of [smoking]-produced disease is unlikely to yield to today’s "evidence-based" interventions. (scare quotes added) Kenneth E Warner; see post if the implications are not obvious
If someone says the sky is green, you prove that it’s actually blue, and the next day he comes back once again insisting that the sky is green, and this happens repeatedly, you eventually have to acknowledge that mannerly debate about the color of the sky just isn’t enough; you have to go meta, and talk about the fact that this guy and his friends just aren’t in the business of honest discussion. Paul Krugman
He who is merciful to the cruel will become cruel to the merciful. Ancient Midrash
