Okay, call it an interesting experiment.
Click Here.
What you'll find is an entry at Slog from Dominic Holden. It shows four advertisements:
Holden then wonders, "Is the state trying to be insidious, like Phillip Morris, or is it working at cross purposes?"
It's the Lottery commercial that moved me to post. It's about as funny as it is stupid.
But does Holden point to any reasonable ethical conflict here?
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Notes:
Click Here.
What you'll find is an entry at Slog from Dominic Holden. It shows four advertisements:
• Photo advert: Marlboro man. (Caption: "Phillip Morris runs this ad to promote smoking.")
• Photo advert: "Don't Wipe Out" snowboard cartoon (Caption: "And distributes this ad 'to prevent smoking'.")
• Video advert: 911 call, woman beating the hell out of someone for a lottery ticket (Caption: "Washington State aired this violent commercial to promote the Lottery.")
• Photo advert: "Youth gambling is not a game". Cards featuring marijuana, syringe, whiskey, cigarette, handcuffs, handgun; three kids play poker. (Caption: "And runs this ad to stop gambling."
• Photo advert: "Don't Wipe Out" snowboard cartoon (Caption: "And distributes this ad 'to prevent smoking'.")
• Video advert: 911 call, woman beating the hell out of someone for a lottery ticket (Caption: "Washington State aired this violent commercial to promote the Lottery.")
• Photo advert: "Youth gambling is not a game". Cards featuring marijuana, syringe, whiskey, cigarette, handcuffs, handgun; three kids play poker. (Caption: "And runs this ad to stop gambling."
Holden then wonders, "Is the state trying to be insidious, like Phillip Morris, or is it working at cross purposes?"
It's the Lottery commercial that moved me to post. It's about as funny as it is stupid.
But does Holden point to any reasonable ethical conflict here?
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Notes:
Holden, Dominic. "It's Good to Play". Slog. October 24, 2007. See http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_good_to_play