So UK doesn't have freedom of speech any more? If the products are bad for people/kids/etc, why not ban the products instead of just the ads?
Is it legal in the US to directly market cigarettes to children? Why not?
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I'm pretty sure all gambling winnings are tax free in the UK? Thank the power of the horse racing/gaming/gambling lobby. Many years ago when I lived there, I had an IG Index account - who market themselves as a "financial spread betting" service. At the time, you could buy/sell futures and options with them but it was presented in a way that emphasized that you were "spread betting" - but the mechanics were the exact…
No gambling taxes? Must be a money laundering heaven.
As an Australian this is the first I've ever heard of paying taxes on gambling winnings.
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#203Wow, what's wrong with burgers? I mean, certainly you can get bad meat, and maybe it's easier to conceal in a burger than in a steak, but ... how about literally all other processed meat that is invariably processed more than burgers? Salami, sausages, hot dogs, ... I personally love burger, and consider it one of the finest foods. Fortunately, there's a very easy way to know the quality of a burger - if they ask you…
Hamburgers on whole wheat are a staple in my life. The war on saturated fat and red meat is ridiculous
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Let's just ban all ads!
A good start would be a ban on ads based on who is viewing the ad vs what the content surrounding the ad is... So, Casper mattress wants to have an ad spot in a podcast or a YouTube video in the video itself? That's ok. YouTube wants to include an ad about a mattress in a video about home renovation? Also ok. Stack overflow wants to show an ad for GitHub? Is ok to me. YouTube wants to show an ad about Casper mattress…
Or... just get rid of them all.
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#206Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Also on the banned list are products such as chickpea or lentil-based crisps, seaweed-based snacks and Bombay mix as well as energy drinks, hamburgers and chicken nuggets. The foods mentioned in the article are not an exhaustive list of all the foods for which the government has banned advertising. It's possible they've also banned ads for salami, sausages and hot dogs, but the article didn't mention it. Probably b…
McDonald's burgers are 100% beef. What's the problem? If the bun and other parts of the burger are ultra processed, whatever that means, well, that's the same for their chicken sandwiches, right? If the problem is the salt or seasonings, why not ban ads for salty burgers over a threshold or burgers with the specific problematic seasonings?
Salt is not particularly a problem unless someone has a genetic predisposition to hypertension or doesn't drink enough water.
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I think its so children are open to eating it after the parents have bought it. If the food doesn't look appealing the parent will have to work harder but its the parents making the food choices not the child. Most of the time children don't even go to the grocery store with their parents.
So parents buy unhealthy food for their children without any prompting, and the kids need to have their minds opened to it by advertising, otherwise they wouldn't it?
I'm sure the cartoons and colors help the kids get motivated to eat the cereal
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As a parent I don't let my children watch things I disagree with. They can probably count the number of food ads they've seen in 1 hand because I don't let them watch TV. They can watch shows and movies but they're either streamed or checked out of the library. But that's the way I choose to parent my child. If another parent wants their children to watch TV and be exposed to those ads then they should have every rig…
What about the (large, I would argue) slice of parents who want to let their kids watch TV but don't want them bombarded with ads for sugar-saturated foods? (I mean, we're on HN, so the obvious answer is watching things on a laptop / projector with Firefox + uBlock Origin, but y'know - everyone else).
Those parents need to find solutions that don't involve forcing their morality on others. Thats how we get xenophobic and homophobic people voting to control women's bodies because they think others should do whatever they believe is moral and right.
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Its because I don't want the government, people who I've never met in person and honestly are not the most moral of individuals, making moral decisions for my children on my behalf. Even if the majority of citizens agreed that forcing their morality on the minority is the right thing to do I still disagree because individual freedom is more important than majority opinion.
What's the point of laws if not forcing morality?
Protecting individual rights and freedoms
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Its because I don't want the government, people who I've never met in person and honestly are not the most moral of individuals, making moral decisions for my children on my behalf. Even if the majority of citizens agreed that forcing their morality on the minority is the right thing to do I still disagree because individual freedom is more important than majority opinion.
> I still disagree because individual freedom is more important than majority opinion. this read suspiciously like a stereotypical US opinion regarding individual rights vs rights of the majority. so i went and looked through your comment history and i now i suspect even more strongly that you are US based. > Its because I don't want the government, people who I've never met in person and honestly are not the most mo…
Just because someone doesn't live in a particular region doesn't mean they can't have opinions on broader implications of these reforms.