Re:Cancer Doctors Cite Risks of Drinking Alcohol
by maxxxxx on Thursday November 09, 2017 @07:36PM
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I was referring to the political difficulty and courage needed. If you can ban the F word you can also ban junk food ads. Same thing. Nobody can talk about first amendment or other concerns.
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Re:Cancer Doctors Cite Risks of Drinking Alcohol
by dragonwriter on Thursday November 09, 2017 @07:42PM
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> I was referring to the political difficulty and courage needed. If you can ban the F word you can also ban junk food ads.
That's even more wrong than the more literal version: restricting unpopular words takes zero political courage and has very little difficulty (and, in fact, provides political cover for advertiser-friendly actions commercial outlets would be inclined to take on their own.)
Banning advertisement that established moneyed interests engage in, OTOH, faces actual political difficulty.