... Chip Gaines.
These six words were seen on a billboard. There was no reference to an advertiser. This got me thinking. “Chip” as in casino chips? “Gaines” as in winning? “Hug” as in compensation for being emotionally deprived as a child?
So it seems we have an advertiser who represents the gambling industry that is apparently using their deep understanding of clients “Needs” in a questionable way.
How far should a industry that benefits from the destructive behavior of their best customers be allowed to go in their efforts to get people to use their services? What are the obligations of our regulators to protect consumers from this seemingly predatory marketing?
Free speech issue? Should there be limits? Certain “Key words” and “President” can get you put in jail. There is attorney-client, Doctor-patient, Financial professional-client confidentiality expectations and or legal requirements, but how about restrictions on other speech that can be reasonably be expected to cause harm? Who decides on what can be “reasonably expected to cause harm”?
If laws further limiting free speech are enacted, by what process could we use to determine what should be allowed or not allowed to be advertised. Would this end up being a slippery slope leading to increased regulation on what can be said or not in social media, for example?
Thinking it through, it seems best to keep speech free as possible and to publicly call out seemingly unethical behavior, which I am doing.
Perhaps a increased regulatory tax on the gambling industry might be appropriate to compensate the public for the “Spillover costs” the gambling industry creates. Drug dealing, prostitution, confidence scams, and planned motor vehicle accidents, including passenger carrying aircraft, for insurance money are some of the more common crimes that have their genesis in someone’s gambling problem.
What do you think about the billboard’s message? Do you feel it is appropriate to censor advertising and or other forms of communication? If so, under what conditions?
These six words were seen on a billboard. There was no reference to an advertiser. This got me thinking. “Chip” as in casino chips? “Gaines” as in winning? “Hug” as in compensation for being emotionally deprived as a child?
So it seems we have an advertiser who represents the gambling industry that is apparently using their deep understanding of clients “Needs” in a questionable way.
How far should a industry that benefits from the destructive behavior of their best customers be allowed to go in their efforts to get people to use their services? What are the obligations of our regulators to protect consumers from this seemingly predatory marketing?
Free speech issue? Should there be limits? Certain “Key words” and “President” can get you put in jail. There is attorney-client, Doctor-patient, Financial professional-client confidentiality expectations and or legal requirements, but how about restrictions on other speech that can be reasonably be expected to cause harm? Who decides on what can be “reasonably expected to cause harm”?
If laws further limiting free speech are enacted, by what process could we use to determine what should be allowed or not allowed to be advertised. Would this end up being a slippery slope leading to increased regulation on what can be said or not in social media, for example?
Thinking it through, it seems best to keep speech free as possible and to publicly call out seemingly unethical behavior, which I am doing.
Perhaps a increased regulatory tax on the gambling industry might be appropriate to compensate the public for the “Spillover costs” the gambling industry creates. Drug dealing, prostitution, confidence scams, and planned motor vehicle accidents, including passenger carrying aircraft, for insurance money are some of the more common crimes that have their genesis in someone’s gambling problem.
What do you think about the billboard’s message? Do you feel it is appropriate to censor advertising and or other forms of communication? If so, under what conditions?
