Doug Pensinger wrote:
>
> Jean-Louis Couturier wrote:
> >
> > On Monday, June 11, 2001 5:16 PM, Ronn Blankenship wrote:
> >
> > >Since alcohol is implicated in half of traffic fatalities and a significant
> >
> > >number of acts of violence, how much regulation do you think should be put
> > >on its availability and use?
> > >-- Ronn! :)
> >
> > Well, there are laws that limit the activities that your allowed to
> > engage in while under the influence of alcohol. You are not allowed
> > to drive any vehicule while drunk. Drunkenness is even a reason for
> > arrest. Since the laws forbidding driving wgile drunk were passed and
> > have actually started to be enforced, the number of accidents has
> > dramatically dropped. It is now a matter of how far we need to go,
> > diminishing the rights of all to make sure that the few don't transgress
> > the laws. In all cases, wether it be alcohol, drugs or firearms, it is
> > a matter of balancing individual freedom against the good of the population.
>
> I think it's time we limited the advertising of alcoholic beverages as well -
> as was done with cigarettes many years ago. The beer spots on TV for example,
> are aimed directly at under age kids.
For the sake of argument - so what?
The insidiousness of advertising aside, instead of sheltering children
and continuing to promote the morality of innocence, why not use it
instead as an opportunity to teach children about advertising and
choices?
-j-
