The implication is that this would be a bad thing. For that to be the case, you have to agree with the notion of a ‘demerit good’. Even if I did, tobacco would not count as one of my demerit goods.
Indeed they would, and it would be a wonderful thing. The first advert admits that smoking may be harmful, then claims their product does the least harm. The second one just says that a popular entertainer likes their product. Neither is fraudulent.
Freedom of speech; either it is absolute, or you don’t have it. We don’t have it.
If at any point in the future I can open a magazine and find adverts for tobacco, heroin and brothels, it will be a strong indicator that liberty has either arrived or is on its way.
Well, I just never felt convinced that a communist conspiracy would care this much about whether we smoke ciggies or not, so there had to be somebody else in the frame.
“If at any point in the future I can open a magazine and find adverts for tobacco, heroin and brothels, it will be a strong indicator that liberty has either arrived or is on its way.”
You forgot guns–lots and lots of guns.
And a regular column called “Can you believe this shit?”–in which the people of (intelligence enhanced) future have a laugh at the arrogant statist/socialist shite that their pathetic forbears put up with.
I remember the days when cigarette vending machines were outside shops so you could buy cigarettes when the shops were closed. I doubt we’ll see that country again.
The West Country was, like my own home area of East Angular, a major Puritan heartland. Most of the Massachusetts Bay Colony founders came from Dorchester 🙂
You might be interested in the Darkie toothpaste made in China since 1933, with the image of a black man (reputed to have good, white teeth) – see the image at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darlie After a western fuss the toothpaste has been renamed Darlie.
So they should be. If I can resist adverts, so can others.
Q: What is the difference between business advertising promoting false claims and government propaganda promoting false claims?
A: If you ignore advertising, business will not take your money by force, nor kill you for failing to comply.
Good comment
The implication is that this would be a bad thing. For that to be the case, you have to agree with the notion of a ‘demerit good’. Even if I did, tobacco would not count as one of my demerit goods.
Indeed they would, and it would be a wonderful thing. The first advert admits that smoking may be harmful, then claims their product does the least harm. The second one just says that a popular entertainer likes their product. Neither is fraudulent.
Freedom of speech; either it is absolute, or you don’t have it. We don’t have it.
If at any point in the future I can open a magazine and find adverts for tobacco, heroin and brothels, it will be a strong indicator that liberty has either arrived or is on its way.
Ian, your comment is another nail in the coffin of the hypothesis that the modern “third wave puritans” don’t exist.
Well, I just never felt convinced that a communist conspiracy would care this much about whether we smoke ciggies or not, so there had to be somebody else in the frame.
Despite her possible taste for Capstan Full Strength, Evelyn Laye made it to 95: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Laye
“If at any point in the future I can open a magazine and find adverts for tobacco, heroin and brothels, it will be a strong indicator that liberty has either arrived or is on its way.”
You forgot guns–lots and lots of guns.
And a regular column called “Can you believe this shit?”–in which the people of (intelligence enhanced) future have a laugh at the arrogant statist/socialist shite that their pathetic forbears put up with.
I just wonder if we’ll ever see again nine year olds travelling 15 miles to school in a neighbouring town, on their own, like I and my friends did.
Oh, and legal lawn darts.
I remember the days when cigarette vending machines were outside shops so you could buy cigarettes when the shops were closed. I doubt we’ll see that country again.
Meanwhile in my hometown everybody is up in arms about a store that sells legal highs. I despair.
http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/somerset_news/11845174.Taunton_legal_high_shop_closed_for_three_more_months/
http://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/taunton_news/11793784.Taunton_legal_high_shop_Hush_loses_appeal_to_re_open/
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-30498247
I intend to write a little something addressing this matter imminently.
The West Country was, like my own home area of East Angular, a major Puritan heartland. Most of the Massachusetts Bay Colony founders came from Dorchester 🙂
Yes thanks for reminding me what a bunch of puritans I live amidst. Didn’t know about Dorchester though. Most intriguing.
You might be interested in the Darkie toothpaste made in China since 1933, with the image of a black man (reputed to have good, white teeth) – see the image at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darlie After a western fuss the toothpaste has been renamed Darlie.