In recent years, several European countries have taken it upon themselves to
study (and, in some cases, subsequently outlaw) advertising that encourages children to pester their parents.
Though I would be loathe to support such overreaching "nanny-state" initiatives (preferring, instead, that
parents take it upon
themselves to limit their children's television watching), I am not opposed to banning certain commercials.
Here is my nominee for the chopping block:
- any commercial that uses an alarm-clock sound effect.
It's bad enough at 6 a.m. when it interrupts the gourmet meal I'm enjoying with Padma Laksmhi. At 4 p.m., it's like hitting my soul in the crotch with a frozen sledgehammer, as Michael Scott might say.
That is all. Your suggestions?
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