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*Jancy* · 06-18-2005, 11:16 AM

You can post quoted material all day long even in regulated states, you can post the references and the source (even if your state tells you that you can't use the word "safe.") The truth has always been it's own defense.
Do you remember how pornography defeated the old anti-pornographic blue laws? The court held that art has redeaming social value. One man's porn is the next man's artistic masterpeice. (And this argument goes into an additional twenty points on freedom of speech, amendment rights, etc. and this intrepertation bypassed the old argument that porn was shocking and offensive.)
Go ahead and posting materials from all sources, not just medical... remember medical materials are often nothing more than one person's educated opinion and not medical research materials.... medical people rely on previous medical studies and 99% of medical people haven't done a day's research in their lives, they just continue to report what they've learned over and over and over.... For example: do you know for sure that water is made up of Hydrogen and Oxygen? Or did you rely on a teacher or a text book to explain this to you? Most medical people rely on previous research, opinion, and statistical evidence to make opinions and don't have time to do a twenty year study about the effects of tanning beds. Do you think your doctor did a 50 year study about the effect of STD's? Or did your doctor do a 5 year study about the effects of touching a rat on human endorphins? Medical people rely on medical studies and backup studies, and counter studies... and just as I am familiar with how a TV works, I couldn't begin to tell you how to put one together. This is how most medical people practice their art, it is by reliance on studies and previous examples of techniques that work and do no harm.
I feel, and this is my opinion now, if you want to post materials in your shop as a measure of your right to express yourself as a matter of 1st amendment rights, then post away! I'd post benefits of UV exposure, and do so as a direct quote and include the source of the materials, quote the source accurately and don't make conclusions based on the materials (present the information intact exactaly as it was presented to you.) Heck, If I didn't think it'd offend my customers I'd post the best jokes out of Playboy as well.....
California makes it very, very clear that we cannot use "safety" as an advertising method, nor present to the consumer that the bed itself is safe. And I agree 100% with this, as I believe that nobody should be allowed to operate a tanning bed without some kind of training or certification on proper usage.
My personal feeling is that the law in California would allow us to defend the advantage of UV exposure and all the benefits as long as we are not related it to the tanning bed safety issue. Tanning bed usage yes, tanning bed safety no.

06-18-2005, 11:16 AM	#10 (permalink)
Jancy I'm a Trouble Maker Join Date: Jul 14 2004 Posts: 547 Rep Power: 0	You can post quoted material all day long even in regulated states, you can post the references and the source (even if your state tells you that you can't use the word "safe.") The truth has always been it's own defense. Do you remember how pornography defeated the old anti-pornographic blue laws? The court held that art has redeaming social value. One man's porn is the next man's artistic masterpeice. (And this argument goes into an additional twenty points on freedom of speech, amendment rights, etc. and this intrepertation bypassed the old argument that porn was shocking and offensive.) Go ahead and posting materials from all sources, not just medical... remember medical materials are often nothing more than one person's educated opinion and not medical research materials.... medical people rely on previous medical studies and 99% of medical people haven't done a day's research in their lives, they just continue to report what they've learned over and over and over.... For example: do you know for sure that water is made up of Hydrogen and Oxygen? Or did you rely on a teacher or a text book to explain this to you? Most medical people rely on previous research, opinion, and statistical evidence to make opinions and don't have time to do a twenty year study about the effects of tanning beds. Do you think your doctor did a 50 year study about the effect of STD's? Or did your doctor do a 5 year study about the effects of touching a rat on human endorphins? Medical people rely on medical studies and backup studies, and counter studies... and just as I am familiar with how a TV works, I couldn't begin to tell you how to put one together. This is how most medical people practice their art, it is by reliance on studies and previous examples of techniques that work and do no harm. I feel, and this is my opinion now, if you want to post materials in your shop as a measure of your right to express yourself as a matter of 1st amendment rights, then post away! I'd post benefits of UV exposure, and do so as a direct quote and include the source of the materials, quote the source accurately and don't make conclusions based on the materials (present the information intact exactaly as it was presented to you.) Heck, If I didn't think it'd offend my customers I'd post the best jokes out of Playboy as well..... California makes it very, very clear that we cannot use "safety" as an advertising method, nor present to the consumer that the bed itself is safe. And I agree 100% with this, as I believe that nobody should be allowed to operate a tanning bed without some kind of training or certification on proper usage. My personal feeling is that the law in California would allow us to defend the advantage of UV exposure and all the benefits as long as we are not related it to the tanning bed safety issue. Tanning bed usage yes, tanning bed safety no.