08-21-2005, 12:53 AM
AntriumAug 20 2005, 02:51 PM I thought today that a good UN proposal would be Advertising Standards, so far I've thought of a few things for this proposal to cover:
1. Banning false advertising
2. On TV, speaking the price of the item instead of having it in fine print, and also speaking side effects of prescription drugs, etc.
3. Possibly making a limit of how small fine print can be so that the average person can read it?
If you can think of more topics this should cover or suggestions about those topics, let me know. Once I know the topics to cover I'll write a draft. [/quote]
The issue with advertising is that I see that being similar to how the Sex Education Act is turning out ... meaning some nations will feel that domestically they can handle it.
That said, I'm not ruling out the subject, but it would be nice to think of an international issue around advertising. I would think another way to tackle this might be to suggest that products that are marketed towards multiple countries and have different languages should make sure that what is written on one language on the label is the same as the other languages. I know this isn't what you had in mind, but it seems to me that it is *one* way to turn this into a kind of international issue.
1. Banning false advertising
2. On TV, speaking the price of the item instead of having it in fine print, and also speaking side effects of prescription drugs, etc.
3. Possibly making a limit of how small fine print can be so that the average person can read it?
If you can think of more topics this should cover or suggestions about those topics, let me know. Once I know the topics to cover I'll write a draft. [/quote]
The issue with advertising is that I see that being similar to how the Sex Education Act is turning out ... meaning some nations will feel that domestically they can handle it.
That said, I'm not ruling out the subject, but it would be nice to think of an international issue around advertising. I would think another way to tackle this might be to suggest that products that are marketed towards multiple countries and have different languages should make sure that what is written on one language on the label is the same as the other languages. I know this isn't what you had in mind, but it seems to me that it is *one* way to turn this into a kind of international issue.