Movie theater time listing law

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Since no one else has, I'm going to play devil's advocate and chime in with an opinion in favor of the proposed law. I am a strong advocate of consumer protection laws, which include regulations requiring truth in advertising.

I'm only for consumer protection laws when it's something that's A) well beyond consumer control and B) risks something more serious than wasting 20 minutes or seeing a commercial.

For example, I'm more than happy that consumer protection laws have cut the rate of E coli infected ground beef in half over the past few years. I would NOT be happy if consumer portection laws increased already bloated theater ticket prices and caused more people to step on my feet as they show up late for a movie. It's common knowledge that the movie doesn't actually start until at least 10 minutes after the listed show time. We don't need legal intervention to deal with that, it's a ridiculous waste of time and resources.