...and sometimes even the word "is" becomes a bone of contention.
My idea was a bit different but in the same vain:
I don't think you can regulate the soft money ads. We should quit trying, but with a catch:
We don't put limits on soft money ads. We let people say whatever they want to say.
But every ad that expouses a political viewpoint is declared to be part of the public domain. This means that those who oppose you can use your ad in their ads, spoof them, put 3 robots in the corner laughing at them, rebut them point by point, use them as the basis for a porn flick, or do whatever else they want with them.
You let people say whatever they want. You just given them a huge incentive to be careful when they do it.
But then you have to define "lie"...
My idea was a bit different but in the same vain:
I don't think you can regulate the soft money ads. We should quit trying, but with a catch:
We don't put limits on soft money ads. We let people say whatever they want to say.
But every ad that expouses a political viewpoint is declared to be part of the public domain. This means that those who oppose you can use your ad in their ads, spoof them, put 3 robots in the corner laughing at them, rebut them point by point, use them as the basis for a porn flick, or do whatever else they want with them.
You let people say whatever they want. You just given them a huge incentive to be careful when they do it.