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Quote by: sdbest  A number of Volconvoites took exception to me asking if movies that portrayed smoking should be given an NC-17 rating to protect young people from the influence that movies have on encouraging young people to take up smoking. An influence that is well-documented and well-researched.
The vitriol was not unexpected and based on the notion that kids shouldn't receive any special protections but that they should learn from their mistakes, or their parents should protect them, or words and notions to that effect. At any rate, neither the government nor any organization of liberals should have any say in the matter.
So let's try another tack. In the interests of freedom, liberty, free markets, personal responsibility, capitalism, yada, yada, yada, should tobacco companies be allowed to give kids--say 5 or 6 year olds--free cigarettes in order to addict them to nicotine at an early age, so that they will become lifelong (albeit short lived) customers?
If not, why not? And if so, why?
Regards
S. |
Wow, imagine that! Parents actually having responsibility for teaching and protecting their children. What an amazing concept! Of course, that was what American society actually believed in until socialists and leftists like you (but here in the States instead of Canada) started trying to take parental responsibility away from the parents and place it in the hands of government bureaucrats.
Threads like this one border on trolling. You falsely assume that just because we don't want the government regulating every aspect of our lives and don't want the government taking our parental responsibilities and authority that we automatically support tobacco companies (or breweries or distilleries) giving free samples of their products to young children. If a parent wants to do that sort of thing, that's up to the parent.