Are Viagra and other ED commercials offensive to you and do they need to be time censored? [View All]

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There is Virginia legislation to ban ED commercials between 6am and 10pm.

I think these ads are already time and slot focused by the manufacturer anyway, and if parents have ANY communication and parenting skills and if their children are old enough to understand the content of the programming during which these ads run, they're old enough to understand sex and the difficulties some people have when attempting it.

Article: (I love the latent hypocrisy of the first comment!)

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/06/congressman-no-viagra-before-10-pm/

Congressman: No Viagra before 10 p.m.
Posted: 06:02 PM ET

From CNN's Charles Riley


WASHINGTON (CNN) - Former presidential candidate Robert Dole made headlines as a pitchman for Viagra, and now a decade later a Virginia congressman wants to limit the time when ads for this and similar products can air.

Last month, Democratic Rep. Jim Moran introduced the "Families for ED Advertising Decency Act," which prevents erectile dysfunction and male enhancement ads from appearing on radio and television between the hours of 6 a.m. and 10 p.m.

"This is an intrusion into our daily lives that I believe has become inappropriate." Moran said in an interview with CNN. "There is a saturation of the television airwaves with these E.D. ads, and they have gotten more pervasive, more blunt, and less subtle."

The bill currently has only one co-sponsor, Rep. Robert Brady, D-Pennsylvania, and there are currently no hearings scheduled on the issue. But a Moran spokesman said the congressman is actively seeking more support.


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