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We can decide to pass laws to protect people from addictive behaviors. Do you support bringing cigarette advertising back for example?
by bigmadshoe 3mo ago
We can decide to pass laws to protect people from addictive behaviors. Do you support bringing cigarette advertising back for example?
- slopinthebag 3mo agoYes.
- bigmadshoe 3mo agoWhat is the cost-benefit analysis that led you to that conclusion? I ask as someone who enjoys smoking but struggles to see any good argument for the return of tobacco advertising.
- slopinthebag 3mo agoNo cost-benefit analysis, I have a philosophical aversion to controlling speech.
- bigmadshoe 3mo agoInteresting. I guess I don’t see corporations as people, and thus I don’t see this as a violation of free speech.
- slopinthebag 3mo agoHm, even if a corporation wasn’t simply a group of people, it seems like cig ads are banned even if it’s a single person wanting to air one.
- bspammer 3mo agoWould you allow advertising class A drugs? TV adverts on kids channels for heroin? Your position is absurd, I’m sorry.
- nradov 3mo agoI don't smoke but you have to admit that the McLaren F1 car in Marlboro livery was pretty cool.
- bigmadshoe 3mo agoConversely it isn't very cool seeing the person who grew up as a McLaren fan dying prematurely due to being influenced to start a deadly habit from a young age. And I say this as someone who enjoys smoking.
- gghackernewsgg 3mo agoI wouldn't support cigarette ads. But I also wouldn't support a law that forces tobbaco companies to remove nicotine from their cigarettes. I would support a law that enforces a "This product may cause addiction in some users" warning on social media sites with infinite scroll.