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"Businesses are made of people, and people have ethics. If you're running one, consider the way you advertise. Are you aiming at making mutually beneficial tran
by socalnate1 7y ago
"Businesses are made of people, and people have ethics. If you're running one, consider the way you advertise. Are you aiming at making mutually beneficial transactions, or are you just trying to milk you users out of their hard-earned cash? Not all advertising is inherently harmful to individuals or society. "
So, some kinds of cancers are OK. It's hard to take this sort of article too seriously when it undermines it's own point so effectively.
- GavinMcG 7y agoI think you're reading "is" in a particular (and reasonable) way, but there are other ways of reading it. For example "is" can mean "is essentially" or fundamentally, or it could mean "is currently". The fact that advertising doesn't have to be a cancer is compatible with the claim that it is one at this point in history.
- kyruzic 7y agoSome kinds are ads arent inherently harmful. Advertising is still cancer though. Some kinds of mold aren't harmful. That doesn't mean mold isn't a bad thing.