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Originally posted by kutulu
By implementing heavy regulations you are effectively telling parents what is best for their kids to hear. My unbord daughter is the responsibility of my wife and I. We are the ones who will dictate what is appropriate for her to watch, not some Washington beuracrate.
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one could argue that right now parents may have a hard time making sure their children do not see ads (assuming that's what they want) -- advertising currently blankets the halls of public schools and is quickly being incorporated into the classroom. and who can blame schools? the're severely strapped for cash and corporations are willing to offer them large chunks of it if teachers and administrators will only allow the school to become one big commercial for their product.
additionally i care about children other than my own and i care about our society as a whole, i do not see any benefit to allowing corporations to target children with their advertisements outside of corporate profits. it should not be difficult for a parent to limit their child's exposure to advertisements and i am perfectly willing to error on the side of companies making a little less money off of pint size consumers if it helps to raise a generation of children more capable of making informed decisions.