UK policy on "hate speech" or weapons = perfect demonstration that the slippery slope fallacy is not always a fallacy.
I can't tell if you're serious. Is this War on Drugs apologia? Have I misunderstood you?
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Absolutely not! It's just stating that progaganda is standard across every government - it's not something unique to knives or the UK. You should focus on the policy behind it all, because governments broadcast propaganda on almost every issue.
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ok, thanks for clarifying. I think both the knife-confiscations and the war on drugs fear porn are great examples of ineffective (or even counter-productive) propaganda actually. they make the government seem transparently absurd rather than interested in your safety.
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Depends on the audience, perhaps?
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most things do. admittedly I'm a bit off-the-reservation even by the standards of my cohort, but I've never met anyone where that type of propaganda was effective. the statistical measures kinda back this up. American drug use did not decline during the war on drugs.
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