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...sure I follow Dr. Hill's logic. How are ads for alcohol any more dangerous than ads for other products that, taken to excess, can cause health problems, like wine, beer or fatty foods? This is an interesting moment for public advocates to get their knickers in a twist, considering all the products that are currently advertised freely, without any semblance of guidelines, all over television...
...argument against prime-time booze is that it's bad for the kids, that we can't just sit by and allow their precious innocence to be shattered by the occasional advertisement for Absolut. That seems a little ridiculous considering the TV landscape is already clogged with beer commercials featuring half-naked women with no discernible brain power and men whose primary goal in life is to be as drunk as possible as often as possible. Or better yet, let's make sure kids are seeing their fair share of fast food advertisements. Yes, of course...
...ages 5 to 9 each year, and injuring 95,000. It's certainly not important to note that car accidents are the leading cause of death and post-natal disability among children older than one year. (It'll also be handy if we can convince ourselves that heavily advertised beer and wine play no part at all in those accidents...
...Hard alcohol - just like beer and wine - is best consumed in a responsible manner by responsible people. If people, including kids, drink too much, it's not going to be because they saw the odd scotch spot on prime time. It will be for exactly the same reason people drink too much beer and wine: Because alcohol makes people feel better, or lets them relax, or dulls their pain, at least in the short term. Yes, it's dangerous, and yes, abusing it can lead to alcoholism. But, lest we forget, this is a free country, and the law permits...
...societal pressure towards casual sex is not exclusive to the female gender. Despite its profundity on the topics of sports, fashion and beer, Maxim, the male Cosmopolitan, is full of tips on how to get laid. Throughout history, young men who happen to be virgins have been derided as unmasculine and abnormal. Nowadays, however, with the very present danger of STDs, men may risk annoying, painful and even fatal diseases in their attempt to fit into society’s mold...