I’m put off by the ads, but I don’t know if this is route to go. Kids tend to be pulled into things that interest them, and I just don’t see anything in these ads that would capture their attention. Except, maybe, that Viva Viagara song. Even if they do ask about it — well, if parents can’t come up with an answer to that (and it doesn’t even have to go into all the details— an answer like “it’s a problem some grownups have” will suffice) — then how are they going to answer the inevitable, bigger, and more important questions the kids will ask? Oh, wait. I know. Have the government provide a manual of answers, or just make the situations go away that might result in uncomfortable questions.
Your last comment is really naive. As a society, we make all sorts of rules and laws that govern our lives. That’s what a society is. Our gov’t is representative of us and we elect them to make up these rules. We don’t allow porn to be show on mainstream TV, nor do we allow commercials for sex toys. There are all sorts of rules for TV.
Your comment is pretty much “anything goes”. And if that’s really how you feel, stay in Chicago where you can do no harm.