From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10261c,90121986704b5776 X-Google-Attributes: gid10261c,public X-Google-Thread: fdb77,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gidfdb77,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 10c950,90121986704b5776 X-Google-Attributes: gid10c950,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: billg@jk.pst.com Subject: Re: Your english sucks, mine is better. Date: 1997/11/25 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 292637161 References: <65ab3u$v07$1@news.nyu.edu> <3479B4F1.D575BEFC@SomewhereElse.com> <01bcf94a$43fbc1c0$LocalHost@default> <65dsjd$6gq@netra.montana.edu> Organization: IDT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.lang.pascal.ansi-iso,comp.lang.pascal.misc Date: 1997-11-25T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <65dsjd$6gq@netra.montana.edu>, ljelmore@montana.campus.mci.net says... > >This just doesn't follow unless your's is the only company in a particular > >market. How often do you see advertisments along the lines of, "Well, it's > >good but not as good as X/y's along the road.". Someone's got to be lying > >- they can't all be the best. If there's so many great products, out there > >in "Honest Corporate Land", that don't require advertising why so many > >adverts? > > Obviously, there's some degree of lying involved with some (or a lot) of > advertising. But that's not capitalism's fault. Look at the communist > countries of a few years ago -- continuous, shameless advertising to their > own populations (i.e., propaganda). At least under capitalism, if the claims > exceed the reality very far, you can sue them for false advertising, that is > to say, fraud. There's nowhere near the amount of consumer protection that indicates ethical behaviour is the value. The laws favor the capitalist over the consumer. "Acceptable" levels of theft of income is condoned and facilitated. Advertising context and marketing strategy need regulation. Companies that use ommission of known facts as a marketing method (as well as other unethical tactics/strategies) should not be allowed medium. Companies that minimize the use of consumer bandwidth to present their wares honestly should be. billg