what i'm more afraid of is complacency than the notion of being befuddled by any advert. as Samuel Johnson once said:
"In order to the right conduct of our lives, we must remember, that we are not born to please ourselves. He that studies simply his own satisfaction, will always find the proper business of his station too hard or easy for him."
discussion is a good thing, and jumping to conclusions (of one side or the other) is a quick and easy way out. 'nuff said.
here are some photos of my holiday jaunt to colonial williamsburg.
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You and I have had some brief political discussions in the past. Knowing what some of your personal politics are, I figured you were just as anti-censorship as me. So, when you made the quote, "good to know that someone is thinking about it", I interpreted that as a validation of the EU's attempt at censoring ads. The way you wrote it was a bit unclear, so I'm sure you can understand my reaction.
My apologies at misinterpreting your quote from the previous post. I too value debate and discussion and feel that any kind of censorship stifles that debate. I read the article and the thought of any government censoring ads, even for the best intentions, infuriated me so much that perhaps my anger caused me to misinterpret what you wrote. No hard feelings I hope.
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