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The basis for coherence within the TC sect is similar to that of dictatorial regimes and totalitarian religions throughout history (e.g. Soviet insistence on Lysenkoism in Stalin's era, or Catholicism in the time of the Inquisition): create an outside enemy, a "Devil" that threatens your group and gives you an excuse to demand unquestioning acceptance of your actions and principles. Once you have declared someone or something as The Devil, you don't have to argue anymore. | The basis for coherence within the TC sect is similar to that of dictatorial regimes and totalitarian religions throughout history (e.g. Soviet insistence on Lysenkoism in Stalin's era, or Catholicism in the time of the Inquisition): create an outside enemy, a "Devil" that threatens your group and gives you an excuse to demand unquestioning acceptance of your actions and principles. Once you have declared someone or something as The Devil, you don't have to argue anymore. | ||
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===External Devil=== | ===External Devil=== | ||
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If you "smell" like the Devil, you ARE the Devil. | If you "smell" like the Devil, you ARE the Devil. | ||
| − | And for Tobacco Control, the Devil is the tobacco industry, commonly known as Big Tobacco | + | And for Tobacco Control, the Devil is the tobacco industry, commonly known as Big Tobacco BT). |
===Internal Devil=== | ===Internal Devil=== | ||
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Religions also have their internal Devils, sect members whose faith in essential doctrines of their Bible or Red Booklet have been shaken because they have started thinking for themselves and arrived at their own contrary conclusions about the real world. And these internal Devils always need to be expelled from the coherent core group before others might listen to their voices and doubt the word of the Bible. | Religions also have their internal Devils, sect members whose faith in essential doctrines of their Bible or Red Booklet have been shaken because they have started thinking for themselves and arrived at their own contrary conclusions about the real world. And these internal Devils always need to be expelled from the coherent core group before others might listen to their voices and doubt the word of the Bible. | ||
| − | Dr. Michael Siegel, a well-known and respected Tobacco Control advocate throughout the 1990s, devoted [http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.nl/2006/11/anti-smoking-groups-hone-their-tactics.html | + | Dr. Michael Siegel, a well-known and respected Tobacco Control advocate throughout the 1990s, devoted an entry on his blog site to describing how expelling dissenters works in TC:[http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.nl/2006/11/anti-smoking-groups-hone-their-tactics.html]: |
| − | #Accuse the Dissenter of | + | #Accuse the Dissenter of Supporting the Tobacco Industry |
| − | #Accuse the Dissenter of | + | #Accuse the Dissenter of Being Paid Off by the Tobacco Industry |
| − | #Accuse the Dissenter of | + | #Accuse the Dissenter of Helping to Kill People |
| − | #Implore All Anti-Smoking Groups and Advocates to | + | #Implore All Anti-Smoking Groups and Advocates to Ignore the Dissenter |
| − | # | + | #Censor the Dissenter by Removing Him from All Tobacco Control Internet and Email Listserves and Discussion Forums |
