Slog - Comments on "It's Good to Play" http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_good_to_play Philip Morris runs this ad to promote smoking. And distributes this ad "to prevent smoking." Washington State aired this violent commercial to promote the Lottery. And runs this ad to stop gambling. Is the state trying to be insidious, like Philip Morris, or is it working at cross purposes?... Copyright 2008 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:30:55 -0800 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:57:16 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by blaire Oh I love the Youth gambling commercials and ads. Yes, because playing poker with your friends will make you smoke weed, shoot up heroin, drinking Jack Daniels (or it it Jim Bean, I cant tell), smoke more, go to jail and become a murderer. Man, poker seems worse than being gay.

]]> blaire http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_good_to_play#c832406 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_good_to_play#c832406 Life Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:35:44 -0800 Comment by STRANGER OMBUDSMAN No, they're just doing what you guys do when you take oodles of tobacco advertising $$ and then rant about the evils of second-hand smoke.

It's called "Covering Your Ass", and the fact that you're not the only entity that does it really shouldn't surprise you in the least.

]]> STRANGER OMBUDSMAN http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_good_to_play#c832407 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_good_to_play#c832407 Life Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:36:42 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe I love the bulge on the cowboy. Duds a fuckin' rock.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_good_to_play#c832411 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_good_to_play#c832411 Life Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:40:16 -0800 Comment by oljb Good lord. My Grandfather taught me to play draw and stud poker when I was 8 fucking years old. My eventually descent into the world of pot leaves, doobies, handguns and whiskey (still working on the needles and handcuffs) had nothing to do with learning poker hands and betting strategy while being regaled with stories of winning 3 months salary in a poker game while on a troop transport during WWII island hopping campaigns.

]]> oljb http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_good_to_play#c832417 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_good_to_play#c832417 Life Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:46:53 -0800 Comment by elenchos Indeed, if you don't now how this guilty money game is played, ask your Editorius Maximus there how he picked the sponsors for the Genius Awards. Same deal.

Don't ask about the tobacco ads. The Stranger's sales department is in a different building and The Supreme Editor has never even met them. But ask about the special event sponsors.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_good_to_play#c832426 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_good_to_play#c832426 Life Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:54:49 -0800 Comment by Gitai Cross purposes, but with a great deal of logic. Phillip Morris has to pretend that they're only marketing their product to adults, to individuals who are aware of the risks and mature enough to decide to become addicted to a deadly drug. Since they'd be a boutique industry without underage smokers, it's a grand lie.

The state is a bit better, since only a small number of people become problem gamblers. Otherwise, it's just a tax on the stupid.

]]> Gitai http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_good_to_play#c832428 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_good_to_play#c832428 Life Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:57:08 -0800 Comment by Andrew It may be a tax on the stupid, but it's the most regressive tax there is.

And the state shouldn't be taxing stupid people any more than anyone else.

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_good_to_play#c832433 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_good_to_play#c832433 Life Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:59:34 -0800 Comment by The Bailiff This is absurd. Everyone knows you can't win at poker with 3 pair. Unless handcuffs are wild... wait, what fucking game are those teenagers playing?!

]]> The Bailiff http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_good_to_play#c832437 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_good_to_play#c832437 Life Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:03:49 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave dominic's picture threads are a million times better than chaz's

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_good_to_play#c832441 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_good_to_play#c832441 Life Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:05:12 -0800 Comment by Damon That anti-smoking ad is hilariously bad. I'd love to have been in the design room when they were putting that one together. Did they acknowledge that it was a deliberate sabotage and laugh in unison like movie villains, or was it more of a surreal, emperor's new clothes type of scene?

]]> Damon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_good_to_play#c832452 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_good_to_play#c832452 Life Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:14:00 -0800 Comment by S. M. The Marlboro Man has always provoked certain strong feelings in me that do not correspond in the least to my disgust at smoking. Where are my chaps?

]]> S. M. http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_good_to_play#c832518 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_good_to_play#c832518 Life Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:00:47 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe I do believe that most hunky cowboys would have a wicked funk downstairs, though. Which is totally not cool.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_good_to_play#c832529 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_good_to_play#c832529 Life Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:09:09 -0800 Comment by Murgen In fact, there have been a number of recent national studies demonstrating that the ads funded by the tobacco industry actually are so laughably ineffective or insidiously underhanded that the net result is actually an INCREASE in youth smoking as a result of viewing these ads!

]]> Murgen http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_good_to_play#c832569 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_good_to_play#c832569 Life Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:44:28 -0800 Comment by Dougsf Most kids are probably wondering where to get a sweet deck of cards, like in the picture.

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_good_to_play#c832593 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_good_to_play#c832593 Life Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:06:27 -0800 Comment by wisepunk Am I the only person who noticed that the kid is snowboarding on a giant matchstick?

I hate being addicted to these fucking cancer sticks.

]]> wisepunk http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_good_to_play#c832662 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_good_to_play#c832662 Life Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:54:32 -0800 Comment by pissy mcslogbot "Is the state trying to be insidious, like Philip Morris, or is it working at cross purposes?"

cant it be both? and when did you stop torturing puppies?

]]> pissy mcslogbot http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_good_to_play#c832766 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/its_good_to_play#c832766 Life Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:57:16 -0800