Received this magazine in the The Age newspaper this morning. All I can say is "eccentric" - but what do you guys think of this as well as the whole Dick Smiths Foods enterprise.
More info here: http://www.dicksmithfoods.com.au/dick-smith-secret
Dick Smith's Magazine of Forbidden Ideas
LHolysmoke on 16/08/2012 - 20:32
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Dick offers his magazine for distribution + $180,000.
Offer rejected.
He gets mad.And the problem is? :/
And the problem is? :/
Ha! : )
I don't have any sympathy for him. He's one founder of those skeptic nutters… If you're interested, check out some of the stuff they believe/teach. For example: They reckon vitamins and supplements are all smoke and mirrors - even though the horrific birth defect spina-bifida is routinely eliminated by the mother taking a simple folate supplement (which even the worst medical quack in Australia would be aware of).
He'd also like to sterilise people (Free Hitler/Mengela/Nazi party membership anyone?) Of course the criteria would probably only apply to those without million$.
Boo hoo. Suck it up, Dick you loon.
Exactly. I'd really like to know why he's kicking and screaming. He had an offer rejected. Just get over it Dicky. I don't actually see what his problem is.
Free media. He is not silly. Probably an OB member.
maybe the shallow end of the gene pool should be sterilised.. the problem is how do you determine who and where do you draw the line. damn you science and your meddling with natural selection, oh and thanks for saving my life a few times… is this sarcastic or not, I don't know but some sleep would be nice.
which "skeptic nutters" do you mean?
as for his magazine not getting into news papers, he intended it to do exactly that to prove that our news media companys are neither fair nor balanced. if you cant see that thats a very bad thing then you need learn a little more about the world.
tricky dicky may well be a little on the nutty side, but he has an intelligence and understanding of things in a way 99% of people will never bother to experience.
The Australian skeptics. (And any other country that aligns with them.)
He may have some points, but the foolishness (and infantile foul language) his skeptic buddies resort to, taint the other things he has to say.
And I think 99% of people do get it. But they shrug their shoulders because they realise it's pointless whining about things that won't change.
The articles on the cover of his magazine read like the headlines on a Nexus issue. I don't think it has much to do with a monopoly on media. It's just if it goes out with the newspaper, people align the two. So if he wants it distributed send it to newsagents. Like Nexus does.
Oh - and people shouldn't be fooled by his "charity". You only have to listen/read his diatribes (and those of his comrades) for a few minutes to realise whilst he's happy to hand out cash with one hand, he's just as happy to take away the most basic rights from the same people with the other.
It's all about free advertising anyway. "Oh yeah, that's right - he makes peanut butter that employs Australians… might buy some next time."
Dick Smith serves a purpose. There aren't many people who have a position from which to try and provide some balance to the corporate machines.
Media is far from impartial and doesn't seem to even try to hide that fact. How many good policies in Aust have been squashed because not convenient to Murdoch/Packer who control public opinion.
The email from News LTD was just unprofessional.
Yes, Dick Smith serves a purpose…
apparently he is the custodian (self-appointed) of the national conscience and is also the charity police who will publicly abuse and vilify you if you earn lots of money but do not either a) publicly declare how much you already donate to charity or b) agree to his demands to give and disclose your giving.
IMHO he has lost it.
He admits to being eccentric. Murdoch press refused to run the magazine in most states.
I'm happy to spend an average of 30cents extra on a product (if it is good,) to know that it hasn't been grown using poisons that have been banned here for years, and more importantly, supporting Aussie farmers and Aussie jobs in this small way means you won't be supporting them via Centrelink in the not-too distant future.
The breakfast cereal is pretty yummy.