Because I took 'DIScourage' to mean something like what happened with cigarette ads - ban them from TV and people will stop smoking. Hasn't happened.
Ban Lottery and Casino ads is one way I would view as a discouragement.... but that's probably just me. Maybe I read too much into it.
We tell our kids every day to do something - or not to do something, and then WE go do the opposite - whatever 'it' is.
How can I tell my kid that is 18 not to play the Lottery when I do ? I can't tell her I don't play it - that is what I call being counterproductive, or hiding the facts, or being a hypocrite - pick one.
If the drinking age was 18, I'd do everything I could to discourage her from drinking - but I don't drink, she would see that. If I drank a case a week, how could I tell her not to drink; that it's bad for you ? And how can a smoker tell their kid not to smoke and expect the kid to listen ?
Yeah, I know, I read into your posting more than I should have, my fault, sorry.
Cointoss - I really do hate what this country has turned into in the last 25 years - just as you said - gotta blame somebody for my stupidity, somebody somewhere is accountable, and all it takes is a slick lawyer to schmooze a jury to pull it off. Makes me sick. I just don't understand how guys with rap sheets 3 pages long are walking the streets, people with several felony convictions out after 10 days, etc. oh yeah - they got a lawyer to get 'em off... but if it was you or me that bought a lottery ticket for an underage minor, we would be doing hard time....
I'm all for civil liberties, I'm all against stupid civil liberties. My kid didn't make the team: sue the school. I didn't learn a certain math skill in high school, so I failed math in college; sue the school. I just bought this brand new Corvette, I've never had so much power, and I crashed it, killed someone. Sue the dealer, the salesman and Chevy.... never mind the fact I was going 130 mph...
New Orleans is suing the Army Corp of Engineers for 77 BILLION dollars because the levies they designed broke. I say too bad - you live below sea level, there's this thing called 'mother nature' that will mess up anything you design. Folks are suing the builder of the WTC because they didn't design it to withstand being hit by an airplane..... People in earthquakes sue people because buildings fell down. Too bad, stuff happens.
I don't care for earthquakes, so I won't live in California. I don't like tons of snow so I won't live in Buffalo NY, I don't like hurricanes so I won't live near hurricane zones. I don't like a lot of noise so I won't have a house near a freeway, railroad tracks or an airport. I don't understand people that are oblivious to things they can't help but already know about, and then sue because something bad happens to them.
Makes you sick...
Yes, I'm ranting.