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June 24th, 2003, 12:28 PM
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There Go the Beaver Reruns
European Union commissioners are looking to ban television programs that depict women in stereotypical roles and all advertising that does not “respect human dignity,” reports the Financial Times.
A draft of the new law obtained by the Times says that while respecting freedom of expression, sex discrimination and affronts to human dignity should be banned from media and advertising.
An explanatory note says: "The purpose of this provision is to avoid throughout all forms of mass media all stereotypical portrayals of women and men, as well as any projection of unacceptable images of men and women affecting human dignity and decency in advertisements."
Actual Article (http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ct--policeshooting-tr0623jun23,0,6736645.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire)
More Troublesome Tees
Lawyers looking to blame racism for the killing of a PCP-addled motorist by police officers in Connecticut are pointing to a tee shirt with the phrase “Boyz on the Hood” as evidence of that racism, reports the Associated Press.
Members of the East Haven Police Department’s softball team were said to wear shirts depicting two white officers with two suspects on the hood of a car and the legend, "Boyz on the Hood" -- an apparent takeoff of the 1991 movie, "Boys N the Hood."
Police shot Malik Jones, 21, four times in April 1997 when he tried to run them down with a car. Jones’ mother is suing the department claiming its officers violated his civil rights.
There Go the Beaver Reruns
European Union commissioners are looking to ban television programs that depict women in stereotypical roles and all advertising that does not “respect human dignity,” reports the Financial Times.
A draft of the new law obtained by the Times says that while respecting freedom of expression, sex discrimination and affronts to human dignity should be banned from media and advertising.
An explanatory note says: "The purpose of this provision is to avoid throughout all forms of mass media all stereotypical portrayals of women and men, as well as any projection of unacceptable images of men and women affecting human dignity and decency in advertisements."
Actual Article (http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ct--policeshooting-tr0623jun23,0,6736645.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire)
More Troublesome Tees
Lawyers looking to blame racism for the killing of a PCP-addled motorist by police officers in Connecticut are pointing to a tee shirt with the phrase “Boyz on the Hood” as evidence of that racism, reports the Associated Press.
Members of the East Haven Police Department’s softball team were said to wear shirts depicting two white officers with two suspects on the hood of a car and the legend, "Boyz on the Hood" -- an apparent takeoff of the 1991 movie, "Boys N the Hood."
Police shot Malik Jones, 21, four times in April 1997 when he tried to run them down with a car. Jones’ mother is suing the department claiming its officers violated his civil rights.