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Re: Censoring Unpopular Speech? (Re: Good news for collectors (was Re: 1593 box photos!))
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Fri, 23 Mar 2001 15:58:41 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, James Simpson writes:
> I resent my government intruding on free speech regarding a legal activity.
Out of curiosity, were the warnings broadcast by government decree or by
voluntary (perhaps preemptive) participation of the station?
> I'm no friend of tobacco...as I said, I light up a stogee very, very
> infrequently, and always just as a lark. What do you all think? Is the
> government within reasonable limits (yes, it may have been legal, but is it *
> reasonable*) to impose such a restriction? Wouldn't a notice perhaps at the
> beginning and at the end have been sufficient?
Maybe it should have played continuously on a looping subliminal track! 8^)
Seriously, I would think that the beginning and end, and maybe once or
twice during the broadcast proper would be sufficient. As you say, 1570
doesn't really have a huge teenage listening audience, so I'm not sure who
they're trying to "save."
As long as the government has a vested interest in keeping medical costs
down (in that the gov't subsidizes a huge amount of medical care through
public funding) it is not unreasonable for the gov't to try to protect its
investment by reducing the number of tobacco-related ailments it has to
subsidize. This is nominally the argument behind a lot of pro-motorcycle
helmet legislation. Your point remains, though, that such efforts can
quickly become overwhelming to the point of farce.
Dave!
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