Interesting read. I agree with you, however I have one major qualm:How can you police the veracity of political advertising? All parties make claims about what they'll do once in power, so the adverts can only be shown to be false at a much later date.
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elephant rider property shark sighted!,
Wed 4 Mar 2009, 9:39,
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That's basically their argument for the waiverand while to a large extent it holds true I think there are other ways of dealing with it than just ignoring the issue. I'd like to see it retained, but with a rather more detailed consideration of how it is handled.
It's the principle of the thing goddammit! ;)
(It's the principle of the thing goddammit! ;)
barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!,
Wed 4 Mar 2009, 9:43,
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I agree completely and have signedGood form putting the effort in on this, these things are important.
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elephant rider property shark sighted!,
Wed 4 Mar 2009, 10:00,
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