Sexist and racist advertising: Bern City Council says yes to censorship criteria
Die Zulassung von problematischen Werbeplakaten mit möglicherweise sexistischen und rassistischen Botschaften soll detaillierter geregelt werden. Dazu hat der Berner Stadtrat am Donnerstag einen Vorstoss mit 37 zu 30 Stimmen überwiesen.
In its motion, the GB/JA! parliamentary group demanded detailed criteria against sexist and racist poster advertising. The parliamentary group also called for a commission to assess poster content. This should intervene if the boundaries of good taste are exceeded.
The initiative was deemed unworthy of a free and open society and completely unnecessary by the bourgeoisie. There were even references to the relevant practices of the former Stalinists, National Socialists and Communists. Common sense was sufficient to make a judgment, everything else was paternalism, censorship and regulatory fury.
Spokeswomen for the Council's left-wing parties opposed ridiculing the demand. Advertising must have a clear reference to the product. It is permissible, for example, for women to be used for underwear advertising. However, it is not clear what scantily clad women have to do with cars, for example. There was even some criticism of the content from within the Left-Green ranks. Young socialist Tanja Walliser considered the proposal in its current form to be anti-pleasure and morally questionable. Bans alone are useless, but it cannot remain as open as it is now. For this reason, the proposal should be referred in principle, but should be fleshed out later.
The municipal council also wanted to accept the request for a higher level of detail in the specifications, but was against the establishment of an assessment commission. There was already sufficient competence in existing specialist commissions to support the responsible authorities. The majority of the council agreed with this view and voted against an assessment commission by 52 votes to 13.
The initiative was deemed unworthy of a free and open society and completely unnecessary by the bourgeoisie. There were even references to the relevant practices of the former Stalinists, National Socialists and Communists. Common sense was sufficient to make a judgment, everything else was paternalism, censorship and regulatory fury.
Spokeswomen for the Council's left-wing parties opposed ridiculing the demand. Advertising must have a clear reference to the product. It is permissible, for example, for women to be used for underwear advertising. However, it is not clear what scantily clad women have to do with cars, for example. There was even some criticism of the content from within the Left-Green ranks. Young socialist Tanja Walliser considered the proposal in its current form to be anti-pleasure and morally questionable. Bans alone are useless, but it cannot remain as open as it is now. For this reason, the proposal should be referred in principle, but should be fleshed out later.
The municipal council also wanted to accept the request for a higher level of detail in the specifications, but was against the establishment of an assessment commission. There was already sufficient competence in existing specialist commissions to support the responsible authorities. The majority of the council agreed with this view and voted against an assessment commission by 52 votes to 13.
