Tim May <tcmay@got.net> writes:
Obviously we libertarians fully agree with this. No advertising should ever be banned....to ban or restict any advertising, no matter how worthless or despicable the product, is clearly a violation of basic constitutional protections of free speech.
Isn't it ironic when people who support Cocksucker John Gilmore and C2Net call themselves "we libertarians"?
(Note that the orginal grounds for restricting cigarette advertising on television and radio were on shaky grounds that the airwaves were a kind of monopoly have now been augmented by laws restricing advertising "too close" to schools and other places and other such restrictions. Including crap about requiring warnings about cigarettes and alcohol, even in non-broadcast advertisements! By this precedent, can it be long before political writings are required to carry extensive warnings? The First Amendment has become a joke.)
Cigarette advertizing is what created TV in the U.S. --- Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps