An Assault on Tobacco

[@gearyburch5678]

I grew up in southern Maryland on a tobacco farm. It was my first job. It was the hardest job I ever had. I smoke a pipe, cigars, chewing tobacco, and snuff. I blame my roots.

[@turnerashby5405]

Each time I listen in to your channel, Dr. Harrison, I walk away a little wiser and with heavier armament for argument. Thank you from Southern Illinois. And I do mean Southern.

[@NJT1013]

As a bit of a history fan myself, I am quick to remind people who complain of my pipes and cigars that this stinking weed is indeed why they are free citizens. 😆 Not many ask for clarification. Those who do will get an explanation for those who don't will have their snide looks met with my very own. Followed, of course, by a smile with a tip of my hat and a "have a lovely day." Thanks for the video, Alan, good to see you again.

[@WarPig2012]

I would very much like to say thank you for your videos and the time and energy you put into them. I am new to Pipes and started with a cob as suggested. I fell in love with the art and tradition of Pipe smoking. I recently bought my first official Pipe and I chose the Savenelli 2023 Saint Nicholas. We have a great shop with many wonderful choices and traditional old fashioned values.

[@dixiestrong]

So glad i found your channel. Yes Sir, Clyde Wilson a true Southern Gentleman!

[@uptonsavoie]

Don't I wish that essay would be reprinted and available---WIDELY available---to the public, smoking and non-smoking. Missed your contributions lately, Alan, and glad to see you back.

[@geekygengar5467]

I live in Maine and have been wanting to get into the hobby of pipe smoking, but unfortunately Maine law now prohibits tobacco products (even something as simple as a just a pipe) from being shipped through the mail, with the exception of "premium cigars." It's so frustrating.

[@-Galenas]

Thank you very much for this interesting and nuanced lecture! The honorable author of the essay strikes me as really prophetic, given that this has been written 1998. Keep the pipe-content coming, it's always a pleasure! Best regards from the South of Germany.

[@ScottyKushin]

Listening to those clocks chime brings me back to my childhood, and being at my great grandparents. Thanks for these amazing videos!

[@rayr5950]

I'm so glad I found this channel a little while back. I knew I found a kindred spirit. Clyde Wison is one of the greats, unlike those activist historians just pushing an agenda. Disclaimer: I may be a Northerner, but don't ever call me a Yankee.

[@jordazmo19]

Amen to that 🙏

[@CrusaderDan86]

I struggle with chronic bouts of depression, and I can say from experience that my pipe does more for my mental health than any antidepressant. I have tried antidepressants and they leave me feeling mentally numb. The medical industrial complex has a big hand in the war on tobacco.

[@StewartLittle-c5t]

I’ve had the same experience

[@RWeeks-hx9ut]

It is amazing to me when you look back through history how pervasive the intervention of the government is. Merry Christmas to you and yours.

[@UltramontanoPapista]

As a future historian, as a fellow Catholic and as a fellow cigar and pipe smoker, I thank you for this channel. I aspire to be like you brother.

[@sequoyahwright]

Preach! I have been a pipe and cigar smoker since 1992, and I approve wholeheartedly of this video. Thank you for your time and effort, Dr. Harrelson.

[@theSimpleGeorgian]

Beautiful study. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and content.

[@1boortzfan]

Alan I was wondering where you teach? My wife is a Berea graduate from 1974. We both love the area. Maryland relied so much on tobacco they actually have a road there called Rolling Rd. that was called that because they used to roll the hogs heads of tobacco there on the way to the harbor.

[@Viechi]

Been following your content since the podcast with Pints With Aquinas, im proud to say you opened my heart, my mind and my faith. Bless You

[@sueseelie]

In the movie Molokai, Fr. Damien was given a pipe to smoke for the times he would visit the most extreme cases of leprosy, those who were in their final hours. The smell in that hut was overwhelming, which goes to the point made at 8:45. Thank you for your content. Merry Christmas

[@brookegrinstead]

Once again, a cerebral look at our hobby. Many thanks to you. Always refreshing, no matter the subject. Love the new study and video location. It fits your style! Thank You.

[@stephensmith4480]

Nicely done sir and welcome back, always a pleasure to listen to your content. The Study is looking quite amazing too, love hearing the Clock chime away, we had one just like it when I was a young Boy growing up. It brought back some nice memories so thank you.

[@mikechampion1614]

Loved the chiming of the clock. Several memories for myself as well.

[@kepics]

I absolutely love these videos that you’re creating. Quickly becoming one of my favorite channels on KZbin. Please don’t become too discouraged by the trolls and please continue to make them.

[@babymills3946]

Thank you for sharing! “Smoke em if you got em!” So good.

[@glenanderson6910]

I'm not a smoker, but I have been enjoying your videos very much, so much so that I started investigating pipes and tobacco suppliers here in Australia, and I can tell you that the Government here has had an all out assault on the industry, the tax on tobacco is incredibly high here, a tin of Peterson is $140 - $150 AUD or about $91.00 USD

[@crusader2112]

That’s a great library/study room. Merry Christmas 🎄👍

[@MrownXXV]

Hello sir, I found your channel today and I really enjoy your content. Im curious where should I go to read a proper history of the southern united states, and on the civil war. Thanks

[@alphacharlietango969]

Thank you Doctor. Interestingly my Seth Thomas chimed 1pm with your clock. Today is Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day 🇺🇲

[@freddecker2407]

I think the tax revenues from cigarette sales ensure that cigarettes will continue to be legal, although the government will continue to pretend to oppose cigarettes.

[@subwayjrod1]

Would love a tour video of that fine looking study!

[@Ragamuffinpiper]

And excellent and appropriate essay. The thoughts sadly, apply to much more than our pipe lifestyle these days. Thank you for sharing. 🤠

[@politicallyincorrectmechan7989]

As a copperhead, who has farmed Connecticut valley shade , I appreciate this. I also have no issues endorsing the consumption of quality bourbon.

[@NoahMG66]

Thanks for the introduction to a great writer!

[@johncrawford6640]

An essay for all time I think, simply brilliant writing.

[@jonashamilton6978]

I’m wanting to know if you do a video on health risks of tobacco I’m in a debate with someone and understand the point of mindfulness and as a native born southern I have a nostalgic place in my heart for my home state of KY

[@floyd4335]

That was a tremendous essay and so very true! I could not help but admire the Amish style rocking chair in the background. Very similar to the one that I have.

[@BoronBobcat]

Your anticipated weekend highlights sound good enough to make me envious and I wish you and all those in your circle an enjoyable time. Thank you too for sharing the essay. To which I will add a hearty "Amen"!

[@eddiesmith5618]

"Smok'm if you got'm"! Love it!

[@subaquagene608]

Alan, GREAT to see you again, the study looks Awesome and I really like your rocking chair and table behind the couch. The space looks very comfortable. My family, two generations before me and including mine grew, harvested, and dried cigar leaf Tabaco on many thousands of acres here in Central Wisconsin and became very successful because of it. And were all avid cigar smokers. My father carried two pipes, a bulldog and a straight apple and Half and Half through out WWII in the Pacific Front and as he told me it was his only time of solitude he had for 3 years was when he could sit back late in the day and have a pipe and thank God he survived another day. Great easy thanks for sharing it. God Bless you and your Family.

[@underarockandstuff]

The last sentence was great, but the second to last was on the nose. Thanks!

[@ArsonalTech]

I discovered your channel because of Pints. While I generally like to read while I smoke my pipe, your channel feels like an appropriate exception to the ritual.

[@FredHenry1850]

This is a wonderful essay. Thank you for reading it to us!

[@ianfrye7900]

Can’t get enough Clyde Wilson! Thank you for defending Dixie, and thank you for smoking. Library is looking incredible by the way. I can’t wait until I can get out of these small apartments and put my books up like that!

[@michaelruffalo5875]

Thank you for bringing this essay to us as a reminder that the battle is never over. The assault on tobacco continues with earnest all across our nation. In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, PA House Bill 1657 proposes a smoking ban in all Tobacco Stores, Bars/Taverns, Casino Gaming Floors, Private Clubs, etc. If you live in Pennsylvania, make sure to contact your representative and ask them to vote NO on PA House Bill 1657. This bill will greatly impact the vaunted tobacconists who live and work in Pennsylvania.

[@thepipersmantel]

Study room looks good!

[@fsmoura]

Yeah, very cozy!

[@jeffreyhepner2467]

I LOVE SMOKING, BUT I WISH THERE WAS REDOSED NICOTINE TABACOCO, LIKE DECAFFEINATED COFFEE!!!

[@TheYoungCodger]

Love the library! Maybe we can get a tour one day?

[@kneelingcatholic]

when my dad (rip) came down with Parkinson's and dementia, we used nicotine patches to help him remember things.... He was only lucid enough to play his beloved dominoes when he had a patch on

[@MarkGoesHiking]

Thanks for sharing this essay. It was a pleasure to hear. Your study looks absolutely leisurely. Well done. Additionally, your clock chimes took me back 40 years to my grandparents house where they had a clock chime just the same. Just wonderful. Thank you.

[@nathanpiatt5001]

Frantic tempo, no doubt! Tobacco in a pipe would be categorically different for that reason alone. But that doesn't even mention the fact that modern cigarettes can hardly be considered tobacco in the first place, after all the additives and fillers! Now I'm gonna be on the lookout for that book. Hopefully your other listeners haven't snatched em all up yet!

[@PhillipRivara]

If you can't send money, send tobacco.” George Washington

[@Russell_Huston]

....said the man with ivory teeth. haha Just kidding....kind of.

[@biologistbarlow]

Thank you for sharing content not easily found or promoted by most platforms.

[@pickingandpiping]

Loved the essay! Thanks for sharing it.

[@markihde4381]

I always enjoy hearing your perspective, this time as I sip a bowl of GLP Union Square in my Savinelli 111 KS Siena pipe.

[@kman12275]

Speaking of WW2 there is a fantastic book With the Old Breed. Over 90% of this guy's unit is a casualty but he survives til the end along with his pipe! Then goes on in his follow up book China Marine to discuss philosophy with Chinese citizens over a pipe.

[@shell..47]

I love being read to.. thank you.

[@mikechampion1614]

Great content Good Sir. the study looks amazing and very cultured. Much Respect for a job well done.

[@SandrasSpicySpanishSalami]

The dangers of tobacco consumption have been greatly overexagerated. Especially cigar, pipe, snuff consumption. Easy political point scoring, focusing carcinogenic blame from other everyday substances and indescribable volumes of revenue generation are likely the reasons behind the continuing concerted efforts for what will one day be prohibition.

[@Dr67701]

Excellent read or listen I should say. I enjoyed it and looking forward to more. The study looks great! Hope you have plenty of enjoyment in it.

[@TheFarmsteadWay]

I know this isn’t about the video but the clock going off in the video added such a beautiful charm to the video. It reminded me of the grandfather clock my grandma had in her house.

[@thedreadtyger]

a fine essay, in the truest sense of fine, subtle and penetrating as Philosophical Aethyr. that's a beautiful study you have there. i have a gift to help you complete it. see you soon!

[@JohnSole]

Amazing bookshelves, did you build those yourself? If they are commercial, who did produce them, they are beautiful!

[@ostekuste3646]

New sub. Good to see a new video, as I’ve been catching up watching the past ones. As to this essay I say brilliant! Just as with all things lately it seems not to matter until someone discovers they can profit from a conflict, and formerly free choice is the casualty.

[@LawrenceCaldwellAuthor]

I was wondering where you were at. Your study looks great! I'm looking forward to more videos, but would really like to see some smoking, too. Take care.

[@willybilly528]

The sarcasm runs deep but the message is on point! Lovely essay, thank you for sharing!

[@PiperDave2023]

Good to see you - missed your vids. Great video. Here in Maryland the land our Capitol is constructed upon was paid for in tobacco.

[@dougowen9873]

Merry Christmas Alan, good to see you back on youtube, keep fighting the good fight and keep puffin.

[@steveherrmann456]

A fine essay! Totally logical.

[@threeriversforge1997]

Fantastic piece, and I'm glad to now be aware of it. Reminds me, if I dare say, of something I myself wrote to illustrate the dangers of not considering the 2nd Order Effects of our actions, specifically the things we support because they make us feel as though we're doing something noble and just.

[@dr6278]

This sounds fascinating. I’d like to hear more!

[@threeriversforge1997]

@@dr6278 I call it the Story of the Scythe. Basically, if you ask anyone today, they'd tell you the scythe was the best technology of the time, but was replaced by motorized contraptions because the newer stuff was better. While that sounds good, the truth is anything but. If you look around KZbin for videos of people using the scythe, you quickly see that they are as fast, or faster, than a string trimmer. And they can even give a push mower a run for its money, often winning the race. But, years ago, people were convinced that the scythe was nowhere near as good as the newfangled gadgetry coming out of the big city. Even if we discount the importance of continuing time-honored traditions, the widespread use of the Scythe was far better for the environment because they are much simpler to make and take up fewer materials. The handles can be made from any reasonably straight sapling, and the blade is a very small amount of quality iron. This is something a small local shop could make for the local customers. Or, you can have a huge heavy string trimmer that takes up more room, weighs more, and has to be manufactured in a factory on the other side of the world. The 2nd Order and 3rd Order Effects are hidden, for the most part, because they didn't happen immediately and with great fanfare. Today, we're left wondering how many millions of barrels of oil we've burned up just to make all those weed whackers and push mowers. Or, how much time we've lost using them because we were misled into thinking they were the faster option. How many local jobs were lost because local craftsmen couldn't produce these complicated pieces of equipment at a competitive rate? As a practicing blacksmith, I could probably forge a blade, knowing that they were forged for eons before me, and I could hire a woodworker to make the handles. But my shop could never make a string trimmer or push mower. Think of the millions spent not only buying the modern machines, but the noise pollution they put out even as they belch out gobs of exhaust. Our weekends are filled with the screeching as whole battalions of "lawncare workers" go yet again to battle in the neighborhoods, fighting valiantly against the onslaught of weeds. How much plastic has gone into the landfills when the cheap machines finally die and folks realize it's cheaper to simply buy a new one rather than having the old thing repaired? Thankfully, there's something of a Renaissance in the use of the Scythe. If you search KZbin, you'll find hundreds of videos where average people use the wonderful tools to maintain their yards in an efficient manner. Like with the Tobacco Industry, folks didn't think twice about listening to the snakes in the grass who condemned it. As with the war on tobacco, folks long ago got twisted up by the snake oil salesmen who swore the new machines were better. Just as folks never thought about the farmers growing tobacco and how they'd be hurt by all these attacks, folks in the Times Before never stopped to think about the local craftsmen they were helping to put out of work with every purchase of the loud machines that'd now cut their grass. In both cases, the people didn't 'tend their garden'. They never thought of the ramifications beyond the promise of saving money or time, of things being easier for them. They never stopped to really consider the issue because they were too tied up in their feelings. And, to be fair, one side has had great Storytellers who could get the masses fired up and happy to change. The other side didn't. At 50 years of age, I only recently learned about the scythe's abilities, and that's after a lifetime of working as a smith and studying the history of the trades. I always assumed that the modern machines were better, faster, or more efficient even if they were loud and wasteful. The only reason that changed was because KZbin allowed people to be their own Storytellers and share what they'd learned with a wider audience. I guess the real lesson here is that the Storytellers are critical. Throughout history, we see that the Storytellers were central to societies, helping to keep alive the traditions and cultures of the people by explaining WHY they did things, not just the HOW of things. The Storytellers inspired the local people to take pride in the little differences that set them apart, and warned of the dangers of listening to the snakes in the grass who always promised glory and gold if only you'd side with them, give up your ways, follow their path.....

[@markchoate9021]

Boy, I would love to have a copy of that book.... Just googled it and Amazon has it but at a cost of from $125 to $289.

[@UncleBurntApostrophe]

Brilliant capture, thanks for sharing

[@Death2Compromise]

I recomend reading "Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future" by Fr. Seraphim (Rose). It might clear things up a bit. The new prints in the past +20 years are mildly censored, but there are versions for free as PDFs online that are 1990 or older versions which are not censored. 🙏

[@inthegaps]

Oh shoot, I'm in Southwest Virginia myself! Hit up a nice trail on your visit if the weather lets up!

[@inthegaps]

Alan, your study looks fantastic!

[@HughConlon82528101]

As always, experiencing a quality essay from learn-ed thinkers is always welcome and necessary. Thank you, Sir

[@AJKPenguin]

Most points I tip my hat to. However I do remember an economic scare in the 1700s, where tobacco almost killed the colonial economy. I see similar parallels with the classless cannabis industry growing rampant. And the tax revenue to be collected will be far less than what the state wants, guaranteed. The state is an addict of major proportions and will never get its fixed when enabled.

[@markwesley5104]

Cool book nook, tobacco genius, smoke them if you got them! 😂 indeed I will.

[@kennethbuettner8531]

where does a guy get an accent like that?? love it lol.

[@christophermaulden733]

Well done ! 👏 Very impressive Library/Study . Did you build the book shelves yourself ? Are you into woodworking ? Building things ?

[@SPBurt1]

I just read Ron Chernow's wonderful "Washington" and I can wholeheartedly concur with this essay. Why is our government working so hard to destroy not only the important tobacco industry in the US but farming as well, make no sense. Funny that even as a young man, I always looked at "cigarettes" as some rape of Tobacco and not what is true to the enjoyment as I packed a thumbful of copenhagen into my gums.

[@Bosch1ch]

Incredible! Thank you for sharing

[@Herbster41]

A pipe with a glass of bourbon. Sounds like a plan.

[@jacobtokay118]

Have you considered a campus lecture series

[@AJKPenguin]

That would be brilliant to have at his farm.

[@brianpriest3638]

Your study looks like a great hangout. What kind of mantle clock do you have back there?

[@timroot4207]

That was wonderful ! Thank you !!!

[@mooseruncoffee9754]

Great video!!!

[@mallninjarising]

will keep eye out for that book

[@DixieWhiskey]

It seems to always come back to anti South sentiment. They despise everything we have built and cultivated from statues to political sentiment and lifestyle. What really gets me about the professional hand wringing over pipes and cigars are the sanctimonious and dramatic "warning" labels that sometimes mar the packaging and detract from the artwork. I recently watched a video where a fellow visited a quaint tobacconist in London. The plastic pouch his tobacco was put in was one giant "smoking kills" label. I cannot stand the fabricated notion that people are dying from being pipe and/or cigar smokers.

[@imjustheretogrill9260]

Are people dying? Yes. More than car accidents? No. More than heart disease? No.

[@kayakkevin]

I think the focus on "South Hating" is absurd. You cannot compare vehicles to tobacco. There may be some bias in your analysis, but I understand the feelings. Good video!

[@mallninjarising]

your study is lovely

[@HeroOfTime303]

It sure is!

[@spikeherbert391]

Love the title: Defending Dixie. Love the essay you shared with us fans. The title alone should set off the horse’s ass Canadian that spends a lot of useless time attacking you and our country. And a final note: I’m a purebred Yankee, whose family is from Illinois and Pennsylvania, and currently living in Virginia.

[@LegendaryCWL]

That is one nice study. I'm jealous!

[@johncooper9221]

thank you for sharing.👍

[@SilverVoxMusic]

Beautifully read.

[@jasbaklinski]

Cheers!

[@michaeltipton1919]

If the government was so concerned about tobbaco usage and people's health, why don't they ban it? I think we know the answer to that...

[@RedNeck_Zeus]

That is a very nice study.

[@belstar1128]

i don't smoke but i can think of worse things to do at least its not like alcohol that makes you drunk. but the people that want to ban it are hypocrites since they smoke a lot of weed and want to legalise all drugs yes all of them. a lot of people of my age remember their parents smoking a lot and think it was annoying so now they think smoking weed in instead of tobacco is rebellious while its really not. i do think weed should be legal but not the other drugs .and if you ban tobacco the entire point of legalising weed is pointless. because they want it do this so the mafia loses some of its power. but they will just sell tobacco instead of weed in this potential future scenario and become even richer

[@Lord_Cannabis420]

Lol bout time you tobacco junkies felt what it was like to have your appetites prohibited.

[@NickEvans72]

Thankyou sir

[@dynamiketiger]

❤🙌

[@mallninjarising]

thank you

[@DanielGonzales-ux7zt]

Growing Top Quality Medical Cannabis takes just as much skill and knowledge if not more.