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Tobacco and alcohol advertising is already heavily regulated. Makes little sense why these same standards should not be applied to food, especially when obesit
by gomez9 7y ago
Tobacco and alcohol advertising is already heavily regulated. Makes little sense why these same standards should not be applied to food, especially when obesity's impact on society is far worse.
- jMyles 7y agoI want to suggest that it was also wrongheaded to censor tobacco and alcohol advertising.
- danmaz74 7y agoIs it ok to censor porn ads in kids TV programs?
- jMyles 7y agoIn a mature and thoughtful society, with robust communities committed to stimulating and attentive care for kids, yes I think it's preferable to take a super conservative approach to censoring content and instead to spend enough time directly with kids (our own and those of our friends and neighbors) to help them navigate the minefield of content that exists in the world. I am hopeful that that's the world we're cultivating.
- danmaz74 7y agoI'm sorry but it's not clear to me - do you mean that in that case censorship is allowed, or not? In case it wasn't clear, my point is that no-censorship-whatsoever just can't work in the real world. You always have to draw a line somewhere.
- jimbokun 7y agoWhy?
- jMyles 7y agoI think that in order for our world to be peaceful and tolerant, we need to be extremely restrained in what expression we use the heavy hand of government to censor. I don't like tobacco or alcohol advertising, but I want to be able to live in a society with content I don't like (or even that I find dangerous) and still be healthy. I think that's important for the information age.