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Idk people say its hard to draw the line but it doesn't seem like it would be. Here's the line: no advertising for cigarettes, alcohol, gambling, e-cigs. Why th

Idk people say its hard to draw the line but it doesn't seem like it would be. Here's the line: no advertising for cigarettes, alcohol, gambling, e-cigs. Why this line? these are pretty obviously unhealthy for people. Why not some other line? Well lets take a poll and see what we are willing to do. And then if people think it is important to ban other types of advertising then that can be a new line drawn later.

lupire 5y ago
what about cryptocurrency? stock trading? American football (concussions)? Cars?
- animal_spirits 5y ago
  We don't have to make a blanket statement that covers all cases. I don't see how this is a slippery slope when there is so much friction to get even one of these industries banned from advertising. Do you really think politicians will ban CAR advertisements? Let's be reasonable about this EDIT - Okay I think I see a concrete reason why gambling advertising should be illegal. The gambling industry makes money by negatively affecting people i.e. gambling wins if you lose. That's literally it. The gambling industry does not make money when their users win. They are specifically advertising so that more users lose. The car industry makes money by providing you a utility. The car industry is not advertising so that more people die in car crashes. But gambling on the other hand _is_ advertising to get more people to lose.
mardifoufs 5y ago
E-cigs? If you don't use shady THC oil juice from overseas, there is absolutely no proof that they are more dangerous than, say, smoking weed or even obesity. The lung injury incidents that made the news 2 years ago were due to illegally imported juice that was contaminated with vitamin E IIRC.
- animal_spirits 5y ago
  Many middle schoolers are becoming addicted to nicotine because they think smoking a juul is "cool" because of the sleek Apple-like advertising they have put out over the past 5 years. That is why I think they should be banned from advertising. It is the exact same thing as what happened with cigarettes in the 60s and 70s.

lupire 5y ago

what about cryptocurrency? stock trading? American football (concussions)? Cars?

animal_spirits 5y ago
We don't have to make a blanket statement that covers all cases. I don't see how this is a slippery slope when there is so much friction to get even one of these industries banned from advertising. Do you really think politicians will ban CAR advertisements? Let's be reasonable about this EDIT - Okay I think I see a concrete reason why gambling advertising should be illegal. The gambling industry makes money by negatively affecting people i.e. gambling wins if you lose. That's literally it. The gambling industry does not make money when their users win. They are specifically advertising so that more users lose. The car industry makes money by providing you a utility. The car industry is not advertising so that more people die in car crashes. But gambling on the other hand _is_ advertising to get more people to lose.

mardifoufs 5y ago

E-cigs? If you don't use shady THC oil juice from overseas, there is absolutely no proof that they are more dangerous than, say, smoking weed or even obesity. The lung injury incidents that made the news 2 years ago were due to illegally imported juice that was contaminated with vitamin E IIRC.

animal_spirits 5y ago
Many middle schoolers are becoming addicted to nicotine because they think smoking a juul is "cool" because of the sleek Apple-like advertising they have put out over the past 5 years. That is why I think they should be banned from advertising. It is the exact same thing as what happened with cigarettes in the 60s and 70s.