Posted on 11/22/2011 8:11:30 AM PST by Amerisrael
How about forcing the manufacturers of alcoholic beverages to include graphic images of victims of alcohol-related fatal auto accidents on every purchase of a six-pack of beer, bottle of wine, or liquor?
Or horrible graphic images of alcohol-related diseased kidneys or livers?
Graphic images of victims of alcohol-related violence, disease, and auto accidents included along with every television advertisement?
Including such horrible graphic images would tell the "other side" of the effects of the consumption of alcoholic beverages that Budweiser, and other well known sponsors of sporting events, deliberately do not address in their advertising.
But that would sure make the booze lobby upset.
The federal anti-smoking campaign wants to impose that very thing on the purchase of cigarettes:
["A U.S. district judge today blocked federal requirements for tobacco companies to include graphic images on cigarette packages such as a sewn up corpse and the diseased lungs of a smoker."
The Judge, Richard Leon, stopped the requirement until a lawsuit brought by four of the five biggest tobacco companies in the U.S. over the graphic images is resolved, the Associated Press reports. In his ruling, however, Leon wrote that it was likely the tobacco companies would win their lawsuit to block the requirements."]
Now the federal government would not dare desire or attempt such a thing with alcoholic beverages. Booze enjoys more social acceptance than tobacco.
Even though both are killers.
Related:
"Crime and Alcohol"
[According to reports 40% of violent crime in America is alcohol-related. But unless there are changes made don't look for that fact to be included in the advertisments of wine, beer, or liquor makers.]
"The problem of drinking"
"Drinks Industry and Sports Sponsorship"
Alcohol’s legal. Let’s start with the illegal drugs - the kind liberals use...
How about promoting the health benefits of drinking moderate amounts of alcohol? How about the government nanny state leaving me alone!
You’re obviously very angry about drinking. When I was a kid my family was gravely damaged by a drunk driver, so I’m not too happy about alcohol abuse either. Bu all the warnings in the world don’t stop someone who wants to drink. Printing graphic pictures on a bottle or six-pack won’t make a drinker stop.
I love how the left loathes the concept of “Intelligent Design” yet they want to use the Government to control other people’s lives like they themselves are worthy of wielding the power like the hand of God.....
“Intelligent Design” - Harmless belief held by the Right, Model for Government Tyranny by the Left.
Yeah, that'll happen,
how about pictures of morbidly obese people on chocolate? or drowning victims on bottled water? or those same horrible pictures on new cars?
or how about government getting the hell out of the decision making process of whatever legal products I freaking feel like buying?
I always wondered about that.
I don’t smoke, but it seems to me alcohol causes far more death and distruction than cigarettes.
Tax it heavily like cigarettes.
That would cut down on some of the alcohol fueled crime, deaths and distruction it causes.
“Alcohol’s legal...”
So is tobacco. But that hasn’t stopped anti-smoking bans imposed by both federal and state governments.
Don’t you see the hypocrisy in all this?
It is because tobacco is now more socially unacceptable than alcoholic beverages. Even though both are killers.
using the tax code to compel individual behavior is the first step down the short road to tyranny.
“...in which case abortion clinics should be required to display photos of trash bags containing dismembered fetuses on their windows.”
Agreed.
Again. Leave me alone! Whether it is tobacco, alcohol or guns, I have rights to live my life as I please as long as I don’t deprive others of their life or liberty.
You seem to have no problem with big government over-reach. Democratic Underground is calling.
[ None more graphic than Miss Olde Frothingslosh ]
When she starts looking good, stop drinking for the love of pete!
“using the tax code to compel individual behavior is the first step down the short road to tyranny”
Like all the increased punitive taxes imposed on cigarettes sales?
fine. then we can outlaw chocolate, fried chicken, cheese burgers, french fries . . . oh, and then we need to tax fat people, since they’re so unhealthy. we really need to discourage that.
and then lets get ugly people, because, well, they’re only going to have ugly kids. and now that you mention it, I’ve always thought we had too many people with brown eyes. we could do without so many of them . . . .
just because they exist doesn't make them right. and repeating the wrong won't make the first wrong less wrong.
Even though both are killers.(emphasis added)
The sentence should have read:
Even though both may be killers.
Do you see the difference? You stated an absolute, when one does not exist.
Ad to the rest, perfect, with one addition. Tobacco companies are forbidden by the government to sponsor NASCAR (or any other sporting event for that matter) yet there is no such prohibition on booze sponsorship.
Smoking a pack of cigarettes and getting behind the wheel of a car is not going to put anyone in any danger. The same can not be said for getting behind the wheel after drinking a 12 pack of beer. The government is implying that alcohol and high speed driving go hand in hand, no matter what the disclaimers say.
Problem one is, it’s not the function of government to baby sit the populace.
Problem two is, your target audience universally thinks “that’ll never happen to me” before it’s too late, and doesn’t bother to look at the label after it is. Just MHO, based on having been there.
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