[81461] in Cypherpunks
Re: Responses to "Spam costs and questions" (long)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Mon Jun 9 11:37:02 1997
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Date: Sun, 08 Jun 97 22:45:07 EDT
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.970608163912.917B-100000@fatmans.demon.co.uk>
Reply-To: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Paul Bradley <paul@fatmans.demon.co.uk> writes:
> > Troll: and how about them proposed restrictions on tobacco advertising...
> >
>
> Troll-Response: The UK government has recently proposed a ban on all
> tobacco advertising (should be in place within a few months) including
> sponsorship of sport etc. Time to dust of the barbeque, we`re gonna have
> us a statist roast ;-)...
In China and thereabouts (Mongolia, Malaysia...) tobacco companies are
sponsoring sports events and creating professional sports leagues where
otherwise the market wouldn't bear them.
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