False social standards result from our excessive adulation of film-stars and athletes; but we should obviously be merely foolish if we legislated against the publicity which makes for that excessive adulation.
Laski critiques the idea of legislating against publicity that leads to unhealthy social standards, emphasizing personal responsibility.
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