On 30-1-2012 14:15, Invisible wrote:
> Well, there's a thing...
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bait-and-switch
>
> "In the United States, [...] no cause of action will exist if the
> purveyor is capable of actually selling the goods advertised."
>
> "In England and Wales it is banned [...] Breaking this law can result in
> a criminal prosecution, an unlimited fine and two years in jail."
>
> You would have thought deliberate deception was illegal everywhere, but
> apparently not...

Wasn't there some weeks ago a link to a note that Fox news was banned in 
Canada because of misleading journalism while it of course is completely 
legal to broadcast in the US. I think there is a trend here.


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