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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: combjelly who wrote (142776)2/19/2002 11:21:38 AM
From: i-node  Read Replies (3) of 1576960
 
But there already are restrictions. When was the last time you saw a cigarette ad? If I wanted to run some scenes from my latest porn film on TV in my ad, could I get someone to take it? What about a drug manufacturing making claims about medical effectiveness?

There are specific legal reasons each of these restrictions is NOT in violation of constitutional protections. In particular, courts have determined that although there is a First Amendment entitlement to freedom of speech, advertising presents an exception. This well-established exception has provided for regulatory imposition of consumer protection rules on advertisters.

You get back to the "screaming fire in a crowded theatre" argument. Simply put, good sense tells us that freedom of speech cannot be unrestricted and without any limitation whatsoever.

It is intuitively obvious to an idiot that this legislation of last week is contrary to good public policy. If you want to ban political advertising altogether, fine. But it is patently stupid to impose arbitrary restrictions as to what someone can say in an ad during the last 60 days of the campaign.

Bush will sign the bill comfortably, however, with the knowledge that the Court will strike the provision down (it is a separable provision).

It does, however, provide a perfect example of the hypocrisy that so typifies liberalism:

"We're all in favor of absolute, unbridled free speech unless it means we have a tougher time getting elected because Republicans can expose us for what we are in their campaign ads".

Funny, typical, sickening, all at once.
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