VanTesla said:
How does banning alcohol ads start such a chain reaction... If this was true then the ban on tobaco ads would have done this long ago.
I could very well be mistaken, but I vaguely remember hearing about changes being made after the ban on tobacco ads with regard to the advertisement of sugary breakfast cereals, and junk food in general, during programming aimed at pre-teens.
Like I said in my earlier post though, I'd prefer education in making good decisions over censorship and bans. It's frightening how willingly U.S. citizens are handing their responsibilities over to the government in exchange for our freedoms. But that's a line of thought for another topic.
VanTesla said:
Also why do so many people defend such harmful substances... it make no sense to me at all, where is the logic in this?
I can't speak for anyone else, but with regard to myself, I'm not defending the substances. I'm defending people's freedoms. Both in terms of expression (censorship and bans lead to a very slippery slope with regard to freedom of speech) and in terms of one's freedom of choice.
If someone chooses to cause harm to themselves, it's not really my problem, it's theirs. I don't drink or smoke, but if someone else enjoys those things, then more power to 'em. It's their bodies, what right do I have to tell them what they can and can't do with those bodies?
As I previously stated, I'm married to a recovering alcoholic. He's got a very rocky path ahead of him. But he's the one who made the decision to drink. He's the one who picked up the bottle. It's his fault, no one else's, and now he's paying for it. That's how it should be. Make informed decisions, own up to your actions, take responsibility for the mistakes. Passing the blame onto the government because you can't own up to your own failures does nothing but drag the rest of the country down with you.
