Responses to "Spam costs and questions" (long)

[Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM]

"William H. Geiger III" <whgiii at amaranth.com> writes:

> In <199706071754.MAA01524 at manifold.algebra.com>, on 06/07/97
>    at 12:54 PM, ichudov at Algebra.COM (Igor Chudov @ home) said:
>
> >There is a lot of commercial compelled speech. For example,
> >mutual funds must say that past performance is not a guarantee of future
> >results.
>
> >Do you find this kind of compelled speech unconstitutional?
>
> Well I don't know how Duncan feels about it but I think it's highly
> unconstutional.

I can still publish a book and claim that borshch (Russian beet soup)
cures cancer.  However if I also offer to sell beets my mail order,
the FDA can bite me. It's "constitutional" because it protects the
olygopoly of the large drug companies with political connections.

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Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM
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