I'd seriously question the veracity of those claims. Just by being around my little brother and his friends, I can tell
I just reread your posts in this thread and have not seen anything other than "I dislike libertarians/their arguments because ..." and "Local government has the right to do whatever its elected officials/citizens want".
...And? I gave my opinion, and the reasons why I hold it. I'm not sure what you what else you want from me
Here's some references to back up my claims that kids aren't always soft-headed retards.
Older children are discriminating consumers of advertising who find many commercials entertaining, interesting, and socially relevant. By virtue of their growing sophistication, older children and adolescents find entertainment in analyzing the creativity strategy of many commercials and constructing theories for why certain elements are persuasive. Advertisements are also valued as a device for social interaction, serving as a focus of conversation with peers, a means of belonging and group membership, and a conduit for transferring and conveying meaning in their daily lives
- John, D. Consumer socialization of children: A retrospective look at twenty-five years of research. Journal of Consumer Research Vol 26, pg. 183-213 (1999)
More times than not, it's trends among kids that influence advertising, not the other way around.
- Goldstein, J. Children and Advertising: The Research, Advertising and Marketing to Children London: Advertising Association. (1999) pg. 113
And this is pure poetry:
The love of a no risk society results increasingly in substituting scapegoats outside ones own sphere of influence for self responsibility. Due to its universal presence, advertising is one of those scapegoats; also because-fitting the naïve theory of the effects of advertising- it is attributed to having a direct effect on behavior, it provides psychological relief from the strain of personal responsibility
-Bergler, R. The effects of commercial advertising on children. International Journal of advertising Vol. 18, pg. 411-425
No one's saying kids are "soft-headed retards," but neither should they be considered "responsible consumers." The information you posted is nice, but I don't see what is has to do with whether a community can tell McDonalds to buzz of or not; which they certainly can, and there's no legal reason that says otherwise.
Side note: This is the kinda attitude that's starting to bug me about PR now, too. Every argument on the politic side of things gets boiled down to some obscenity, I guess to sound cool. Kids are "retards," lawmakers are "fucktards," the president is a "dumbass," everyone else's argument is "bullshit." This is a PR forum, not a Tool concert. Dammit guys!
I mean, it was funny when just El Barto was posting that way. Now I feel like everyone's just trying to sound badass.