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Poll: Do you think toy advertising should be banned? (24 member(s) have cast votes)

Do you think toy advertising should be banned?

  1. Yes, it should be banned (2 votes [8.33%])

    Percentage of vote: 8.33%

  2. No, it should not be banned (22 votes [91.67%])

    Percentage of vote: 91.67%

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#1 User is offline   gwnn 

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Posted 2009-December-13, 16:09

What do you think? I think it's a bad idea to ban them because then kids will want cell phones and cars instead of toys. idk.
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Posted 2009-December-13, 17:17

I'd pick many things to ban before toys. Lotteries and prescription drugs are the first two to come to mind.
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Posted 2009-December-13, 18:30

No but I'd ban people blaming others (in this case advertisers) when they should instead be taking responsibility for raising their kids properly. Learning there is stuff you want but can't have is an important lesson and advertisers are providing parents with an opportunity to teach their kids that lesson. Maybe Tiger Woods' dad should have taught him that instead of just golf.
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Posted 2009-December-13, 21:10

How would kids know what to ask Santa for without toy advertisements?

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Posted 2009-December-14, 06:16

Agree with Nigel. Not sure how a ban on parents blaiming toy advertisers could be enforced, though :)
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Posted 2009-December-14, 12:20

I don't want to ban toy commercials, or prescription drug commercials or lottery commercials, or even ringtone commercials. People should decide for themselves if they want to buy such products, and should be able to say no to their kids who want them.

Rather it should be forbidden to run scams on TV like these games where you can call in but never get through.

I don't mind broadcasts where people pretend to read someone's future or the like, I mean if you call in there you know what you can expect.
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Posted 2009-December-14, 12:23

Where did this come from? I mean, has something happened lately to make someone think toy commercials should be banned?
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Posted 2009-December-14, 12:27

in Sweden and Greece it has been already banned. the EU doesn't like the Greek ban but Sweden will probably keep it (since that's a law from '91 I think). Nothing recent happened but I found out about this recently.

On researching afterwards, I found out that there are similar discussions about candy too. :)
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Posted 2009-December-14, 13:59

Depends on what kind of "toys" you mean. I mean, there seems to be a relationship between possession of cell phones and cars and a reduced need for some toys, but then other toys seem to be more useful, depending on the passenger and/or recipient of cell phone calls.
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Posted 2009-December-14, 14:20

gwnn, on Dec 14 2009, 01:27 PM, said:

in Sweden and Greece it has been already banned. the EU doesn't like the Greek ban but Sweden will probably keep it (since that's a law from '91 I think). Nothing recent happened but I found out about this recently.

But.... why?
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Posted 2009-December-14, 14:22

Because children should not be mind controlled or something. I don't think I like the idea but I see the potential for a nice controversy but apparently everyone here agrees. :ph34r: Just the one mandatory vote to destroy unanimity.
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Posted 2009-December-14, 14:31

gwnn, on Dec 14 2009, 03:22 PM, said:

Because children should not be mind controlled or something. I don't think I like the idea but I see the potential for a nice controversy but apparently everyone here agrees. :ph34r: Just the one mandatory vote to destroy unanimity.

Right; the government is in a better place to do the mind control by not allowing these ads.
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Posted 2009-December-14, 23:32

Wow, this one wouldn't have even occurred to me. Maybe the USA is not so bad after all.
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Posted 2009-December-15, 04:17

jdonn, on Dec 15 2009, 06:32 AM, said:

Wow, this one wouldn't have even occurred to me. Maybe the USA is not so bad after all.

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