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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: epicure who wrote (27008)8/22/2006 8:45:01 PM
From: mph  Read Replies (1) of 541518
 
And here I thought the viewer was concerned about glamorizing the activity and possible imitation by children:

"The licensee has ... proposed editing any scenes or references in the series where smoking appeared to be condoned, acceptable, glamorized or where it might encourage imitation," Ofcom said, adding that "Texas Tom" was one such example

My point is, why stop with the smoking excerpts?
Glamorizing violence is just another side of the coin.
It can be imitated.

While violence might not cause a physical addiction, I suspect that it could become a hard-to-break habit.

stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov

That site even mentioned a study that showed children who engage in bullying are more likely to smoke or drink alcohol.
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