Comment of the Day: Dale

free-speech-area-27.4.jpg

From “Does Limited Cigarette Marketing Restrict Free Speech?”, commenter Dale writes: “You can’t ‘limit’ commercial speech, because there is no right to commercial speech. Tobacco lobbyists are free to dance up and down the sidewalk singing the praises of cigarettes to their hearts’ desire. That is a freedom they enjoy, protected by our Bill of Rights.

“Anything else is Business & Commerce, and the rights afforded corporations &#151 which, last time I checked, have already caused enough trouble when granted the rights of individual citizens.”

MEDIABISTRO EVENTS

Get Social Media Marketing Secrets from Experts

Create a social media strategy, launch your campaign, and track the results in our Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting February 16. The online event and workshop will feature speakers including The Onion‘s Baratunde Thurston (left), Facebook’s Morin Oluwole, and bitly’s Tim Devane. Register now.