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The latest assault on the First Amendment
I see that "researchers" are calling for bans on fast food advertising on television to in order to make fat kids thin again. This, like the ban on tobacco advertising, is in direct contradiction of the First Amendment. "Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press..." It seems pretty clear to me. Unlike the Second, there is no qualifying clause to muddy the meaning. If parents don't want their kids eating fast food, it should be the parents who put a stop to it. If there was a group of "researchers" who wanted to prohibit people from going to church, you would see Baptists, Catholics, Jews, and Muslims standing shoulder to shoulder, each holding up the Constitution and protesting that their First Amendment rights were being threatened. Why don't we see people standing up for the freedom of speech and press the way they would for freedom of religion? 5 comments from 5 users
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posted by
bighorn
on Nov 25, 2008 at 06:47 AM
Ok, the big banks are broke and keeping a low profile. US car makers are broker than my cat. Now MakeyD's is banned? I have an important, burning question....Who is left to advertise on the Super Bowl in 2009????? I smell a bailout in the making...
posted by
freethinker
on Nov 24, 2008 at 10:43 PM
Those famous brownies sound good!!! posted by
SugarMagnolia
on Nov 24, 2008 at 07:45 PM
Mmmmmm....Thanksgiving is coming up. Pilot, this is the week that I become the latter. After the holidays, it is amazing how so many people (yours truly included) return to the former. Besides, Mickey D's can't make MY special "Lord Have Mercy" sweet potato pie, my famous brownies, or my world-renowned (well...sort of) English Pea Salad. Wait, I think I just gained 5 pounds.....well, 'tis the season, right? But back to the subject of the blog, yea, I gotta agree that the parents should be the ones in charge of their children's lives, not the government. After the kid reaches adulthood, there will be time enough for the rest of their lives for government interference. posted by
thewaywardwind
on Nov 24, 2008 at 01:23 PM
Speaking as one who lives to eat -- I one time told my doctor that I knew more old fat men than i did old doctors -- I'll be standing up to be McCounted as well. Thanks, pilot -- I needed that today.
posted by
pilot
on Nov 24, 2008 at 12:57 PM
Some folks eat to live. Yet others live to eat. To the latter group, food IS a religion. I'll be willing to bet they will stand up and be counted if and when an amendment is passed that McBans them from Mchearing in the McMedia exactly when the McRib is back..........
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